Divana

Latin

Etymology

Equivalent to the root of dīvus (“god”) +‎ -āna. The feminine dīva (“goddess”) derived from deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā from Proto-Indo-European *deywós from *dyew- (“heaven, day sky; to shine”). Roughly akin to *deiwā + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂. Later form Dīāna derived by syncope. Compare early Ancient Greek Διϝωνᾱ (Diwōnā) and Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), syncopated to Doric Greek Διώνᾱ (Diṓnā) and Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯aː.na/, [d̪iːˈu̯äːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈva.na/, [d̪iˈväːnä]

Proper noun

Dīvāna f (genitive Dīvānae); first declension

1. (Old Latin, religion) Old Italic divinity of light and of the moon; later the Roman goddess Diana identified as counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis, the 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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Dīvāna	Dīvānae
genitive	Dīvānae	Dīvānārum
dative	Dīvānae	Dīvānīs
accusative	Dīvānam	Dīvānās
ablative	Dīvānā	Dīvānīs
vocative	Dīvāna	Dīvānae

See also

• Dīāna, Diāna, Iāna, Jāna

References

• “Divana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Divana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Divana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.