maenianum
See also: Maenianum
Latin
Alternative forms
- Maeniānum
Etymology
From Maenius + -ānus, the name of a consul and first user of this balcony.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mae̯.niˈaː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.niˈaː.num]
Noun
maeniānum n (genitive maeniānī); second declension
- (architecture) A projecting gallery, balcony of a house
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maeniānum | maeniāna |
| genitive | maeniānī | maeniānōrum |
| dative | maeniānō | maeniānīs |
| accusative | maeniānum | maeniāna |
| ablative | maeniānō | maeniānīs |
| vocative | maeniānum | maeniāna |
- The nominative plural maeniāna has the alternative form maeniānī.
Descendants
- Italian: mignano
References
- “Maenĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maenianum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.