Dianium

See also: dianium

Latin

Etymology

From Diāna (goddess of the hunt) + -ium.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Diānium n sg (genitive Diāniī or Diānī); second declension

  1. A temple in Rome consecrated to Diana
  2. A town in Hispania Tarraconensis, situated near a temple of Diana
  3. A small island off the coast of Etruria, now called Giannutri

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Diānium
Genitive Diāniī
Diānī1
Dative Diāniō
Accusative Diānium
Ablative Diāniō
Vocative Diānium
Locative Diāniī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

  • Diānius

References

  • Dĭāna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dianium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Dianium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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