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Diana

Diana

goddess

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 84 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Diana — de Vaan

Diana 'goddess' [f. a] (Naev.+; insc. also Deana, Deuiana. In older scansion Diana, with long 1) Probably derived from dius 'godly'. Explained from *diwja-na by Solmsen, as 'the one who belongs to the moon goddess *Divia (the Shiner)'. Leumann 1977 explains the name as a derivation from sub diu 'in the open air'. BibL: WH I: 347, EM 172, IEW 183ff., Leumann 1977: 106, 325. -> deus, dies, diu dico dicO, -ere 'to … — [de Vaan, s.v. Diana, p. 182]

2. Dĭāna — Lewis & Short

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The
I i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. for Divana, Gr. *diw/nh for *divwnh; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. *zeu/s, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc., orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. *)/artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim: quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic, Hor. A. P. 453.—
B Meton.
1 The moon: nocturnae forma, Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.: reparabat cornua Phoebe, id. ib. 1, 11).—
2 The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—
II Derivv.
A Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: turba, i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf. arma, i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—
b Subst., Diānium, ii, n.
(a) A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—
(b) A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—
B Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—
C Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

3. Diäna — Walde–Hofmann

Diäna (- seit Lucil) -ee f. „italische Frauen- und Geburts-, Mond- und Jagdgöttin, identifiziert (wrsch. durch etr. Vermittlung, vgl. u. a. die Verbindung nut dem etr. Gott Vertumnus) mit der griech. Artemis* (seit Enn., rom. [rum. zina „Fee*, vgl. alb. zqns „Bergfee*, Jokl Stud. 98!, 7. 10, 189. 12,125]; s. Wissowa M V 325 ff., Rel.? 247 ff, Kretschmer Cl. 13, 111f., Altheim Griech. Götter 9311, Terra Mater 131): … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Diäna, p. 379]

In the wild

6 of 314 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. Diana (scan pp. 182-183; entry #427).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Diana (scan pp. 195-196; entry #3046).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Diäna (scan p. 379; entry #922).

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