Iuno

iuno Latin thumb|right|250px|Juno or Hera Barberini, a 2nd-century statue of the goddess at the Vatican Alternative forms la Jūnō Etymology la Juno :af ine-pro:*dyew-<id:be bright><unc> ine-pro:*-Hō<id:Hoffmann> :af ine-pro:*h₂óyu<id:lifetime><unc> ine-pro:*-Hō<id:Hoffmann> 1 Iūnō There are two hypotheses: From la ine-pro *dyúh₃onh₂-, ine-pro *dyúh₃nh₂- having heavenly authority, from ine-pro *dyew- sky, heaven + ine-pro *-Hō burden, authority, rendering la *Iuvo Iuvō, *Iūnis, normalized to Iūnō, Iūnōnis. See grc Διώνη Dione; From la ine-pro *h₂yúh₃onh₂-, ine-pro *h₂yúh₃nh₂- the young goddess, from ine-pro *h₂óyu long time, lifetime + ine-pro *-Hō burden, authority also rendering *Iuvō, *Iūnis, normalized to Iūnō, Iūnōnis. See la iuvenis young. Pronunciation Iūnō Proper noun Iūnō<3> f la Roman god religion en Juno, queen of the gods, patron of rulers and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek Hera. la Ovid Fasti VI 283 288 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. la New Latin Juno, a Main Belt asteroid. Declension Iūnō<3> Derived terms la ēiūnō Iuno Caprotina Iuno Curitis Iūnō Lūcīna Iūnō Monēta Iūnō Rēgīna Iuno Sospita Iūnōnicola References Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002 Further reading Iūnō Jūno Juno Jūno 873 1 Iūno 494 la Celestial bodies Roman deities Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Juno Old English Etymology Borrowed from ang la Iūnō Pronunciation Jūnō Proper noun Iūnō f Juno Roman goddess ang Roman deities