Latin

Noun

iānua f ‎(genitive iānuae); first declension

1. any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
2. vocative singular of iānua

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• Iānus

Derived terms

• ianitor
• *januella

Descendants

• Mozarabic: [script needed] ‎(yana)
• Sardinian: janna

References

• ianua in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ianua”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to burst open the door: ianuam effringere, revellere
    
• ianua in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers