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) IPA^(key): /mae̯.niˈaː.num/, [mäe̯niˈäːnʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.niˈa.num/, [meniˈäːnum]

Noun

maeniānum n (genitive maeniānī); second declension

(architecture) A projecting gallery, balcony of a house

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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.

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