Iana

See also: iana, IANA, -iana, and i- -ana

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dīāna, Diāna, Jāna

Etymology

Variant of Diāna shortened by procope, from Old Latin Dīāna by syncope of Old Latin Dīvāna. Compare Iuppiter from Old Latin Diēspiter, Iovis from Old Latin Diovis. Also see Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), from a shared root whence by analogical formation also evolved Latin Iūnō, Iūnōnis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯aː.na/, [ˈi̯äːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.na/, [ˈjäːnä]

Proper noun

Iāna f (genitive Iānae); first declension

1. (religion) The moon-goddess identified as Diana, daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Iāna	Iānae
genitive	Iānae	Iānārum
dative	Iānae	Iānīs
accusative	Iānam	Iānās
ablative	Iānā	Iānīs
vocative	Iāna	Iānae

References

• “Jana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jāna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.