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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.ɡeˈroː.na/, [äŋɡɛˈroːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.d͡ʒeˈro.na/, [än̠ʲd͡ʒeˈrɔːnä]

Proper noun

Angerōna f sg (genitive Angerōnae); first declension

(Roman mythology) The goddess of suffering and silence.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Angerōna
Genitive	Angerōnae
Dative	Angerōnae
Accusative	Angerōnam
Ablative	Angerōnā
Vocative	Angerōna

Derived terms

Angerōnālia

References

^ Wagenvoort, H. (1980) “Diva Angerona”, in Pietas: Selected Studies in Roman Religion, Leiden: E.J. Brill, page 23
^ 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