Iānus ī, m
IA-, an old Italian deity, good of doors, passages, and entrances, of all beginnings, and of the month of January: anceps, with two faces, O.: bifrons, V.: Ianus Quirini, H.—The temple of Janus: ad infimum Argiletum, L.—An arched passage-way, covered passage, arcade: transitiones perviae Iani nominantur: dexter Ianus portae, Cs.—Esp., four arched passages in the Forum, the exchange for merchants and bankers: medius: summus, H.