Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The
I i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Διώνη for Διϝωνη; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Ζεύς, also Iovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity , afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Ἄρτεμις, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim: quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic, Hor. A. P. 453.—
B Meton.
1 The moon : nocturnae forma, Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.: reparabat cornua Phoebe, id. ib. 1, 11).—
2 The chase , Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—
II Derivv.
A Dĭānĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana : turba, i. e. dogs , Ov. F. 5, 141; cf. arma, i. e. hunting equipments , Grat. Cyneg. 253.—
b Subst., Diānium , ii, n.
α A place or temple sacred to Diana , Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—
β A promontory in Spain , now Denia , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—
B Dĭānārĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana : radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia , Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—
C Dĭānātĭcus , i, m., a devotee of Diana , Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.