Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 816.iānua on page 816
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iānua door
iānua is a Latin Noun that primarily means door.
Definitions for iānua
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
door
English derivatives:
janitor Janus January
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The door of a house or other building, doorway. (b) ~a leti, etc., the gateway of death, of the underworld.
- 2
(a) The means of access (to a place), 'gateway'; (applied also to the mouth, features, as the means of communication with the mind, etc.). (b) a way of approach, initial stage (in achievement, learning, etc.).
Sentences with iānua
Latin to English
Facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est.Compare The way to Avernus is easy; night and day lie open the gates of death's dark kingdom; but to retrace your steps, to find the way back to daylight- that is the task, the hard thing.
Iānitor ad iānuam vīllae dormit.Compare The doorkeeper sleeps near/at the door of the country house.
Eō ipsō tempore ad iānuam caupōnae appāruit homō obēsus.Compare At that very moment a fat man appeared at the door of the inn.
Declension table for iānua
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | iānua | iānuae |
| Gen. | iānuae | iānuārum |
| Dat. | iānuae | iānuīs |
| Acc. | iānuam | iānuās |
| Abl. | iānuā | iānuīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 816.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "iānua, iānuae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ianua-ianuae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 248.iānua, iānuae on page 248
