proper noun · femininethird declension
Iūnō
Iūnō f sg (genitive Iūnōnis)
Classical[ˈjuː.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuː.no]
Meaning
- RomanJuno, queen of the gods, patron of rulers and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek Hera.
cur sit virginibus, quæris, dea culta ministris? / inveniam causas hac quoque parte suas. / ex Ope Iunonem memorant Cereremque creatas / semine Saturni; tertia Vesta fuit. / utraque nupserunt, ambæ peperisse feruntur; / de tribus impatiens restitit una viri.
Why, you ask, is the goddess tended by virgin ministers? I’ll discover the true causes for this as well. They say that Juno and Ceres were born of Ops by Saturn’s seed; Vesta was the third daughter. The other two married, both reported to have borne children; of the three, one remained who could not bear a husband.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti VI.283–288 - New LatinJuno, a Main Belt asteroid.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Iūnō | — |
| genitive | Iūnōnis | — |
| dative | Iūnōnī | — |
| accusative | Iūnōnem | — |
| ablative | Iūnōne | — |
| vocative | Iūnō | — |
Jūno, ōnis, f.,
I. the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. A. 4, 166.—
B. Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;
or, Averna, Ov. M. 14, 114; or, profunda, Claud. Proserp. 1, 2; or, Stygia, Stat. Th. 4, 526.—II. Esp. in phrases;
stella Junonis, the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37: urbs Junonis, i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28: per Junonem matrem familias jurare, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.: Junonis sacra ferre, i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—B. Comically transf.:
mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi, i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.: ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence, 1. Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:
tempus, i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—2. Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. Junocolo, a worshipper of Juno (poet.):
Adde Junonicolas Faliscos, Ov. F. 6, 49.—4. Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian (poet.):
hospitia, i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so, Samos, Ov. M. 8, 220: ales, i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55: custos, i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678: mensis, i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61: Hebe, i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231: stella, the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12: insula, one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Iūnō ōnis, f
a daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, goddess of marriage, C., V., H., O.: Iuno Lucina, T.: urbs Iunonis, i. e. Argos, O.— Prov.: Iunonis sacra ferre, i. e. to walk as in solemn procession, H.—Iuno inferna, i. e. Proserpine, V.; called Averna, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dyew-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyuder.?
- LatinIūnō
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō There are two hypotheses: * From Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂-, *dyúh₃nh₂- (“having heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), rendering Iuvō, *Iūnis, normalized to Iūnō, Iūnōnis. See Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “Dione”); * From Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂-, *h₂yúh₃nh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”) also rendering *Iuvō, *Iūnis, normalized to Iūnō, Iūnōnis. See Latin iuvenis (“young”).