Angerona

Latin

Etymology

From *angus, anger- +‎ -ōna (suffix forming names of goddesses); the first element is probably an unattested neuter neuter s-stem *h₂enǵʰ-os[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”), the root of angō (“to bind; distress”) and angustus (“narrow, constricted”).[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angerōna f sg (genitive Angerōnae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of suffering and silence.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Angerōna
genitive Angerōnae
dative Angerōnae
accusative Angerōnam
ablative Angerōnā
vocative Angerōna

Derived terms

  • Angerōnālia

References

  1. ^ Wagenvoort, H. (1980) “Diva Angerona”, in Pietas: Selected Studies in Roman Religion, Leiden: E.J. Brill, page 23
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “angō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

Further reading

  • “Angerona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Angerona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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