Ianus

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.