Janus

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
 * 2) * 1789,, chapter XLI, in , volume V, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Strahan, and T[homas] Cadell, in the Strand, 30106274 ; republished Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, No. 37, South Second Street; printed by Robert Carr, 1805,  15453273 , page 166:
 * In the ages of victory, as often as the senate decreed some distant conquest, the consul denounced hostilities, by unbarring, in solemn pomp, the gates of the temple of Janus. Domestic war now rendered the admonition superfluous, and the ceremony was superseded by the establishment of a new religion. But the brazen temple of Janus was left standing in the forum; of a size sufficient only to contain the statue of the god, five cubits in height, of a human form, but with two faces, directed to the east and west.
 * 1) * 1879 February 27, A[lexander] M[artin] Sullivan, “On the Zulu War” (speech before the ); quoted in, editor, Irish Orations (The World's Famous Orations), volume VI, New York, N.Y.: , 1906, 23127203 , and republished on , 2002, archived from the original on 4 October 2015:
 * We find ourselves once again sitting in Committee of the Whole House to vote a war subsidy. The present occupants of the Treasury Bench are determined that so long as they retain their places the Temple of Janus shall not be closed.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1)  A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
 * 2) A moon of Saturn.
 * 1) A moon of Saturn.

Usage notes
The doors of the temple of Janus were traditionally open only during the time of war and closed to mark the end of the conflict. Thus, the temple of Janus may be used metaphorically to mean conflict or wartime (see the 1879 quotation above).

Translations

 * Alemannic German: Janus
 * Amharic: ያኑስ
 * Arabic: يَانُوس
 * Egyptian Arabic: يَانُوس
 * Aragonese: Chan
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: Yanus
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: Янус
 * Bulgarian: Янус
 * Catalan: Janus
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 杰纳斯
 * Danish: Janus
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Jano
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: იანუსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: יאנוס
 * Hungarian: Ianus
 * Indonesian: Yanus
 * Interlingua: Jano
 * Inuktitut: ᔮᓄᔅ
 * Irish: Ianus
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಜೇನಸ್
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: جانوس
 * Latin: Iānus, Jānus
 * Lithuanian: Janas
 * Luxembourgish: Janus
 * Macedonian: Јанус
 * Norwegian: Janus
 * Persian: ژانوس
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Ianus
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: Janus
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เจนัส
 * Turkmen: Usanus
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جینس
 * Uzbek: Yanus


 * Alemannic German: Janus
 * Bulgarian: Янус
 * Catalan: Janus
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 土衛十
 * Danish: Janus
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Jano
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: იანუსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: Janus
 * Inuktitut: ᔮᓄᔅ
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: Janus
 * Luxembourgish: Janus
 * Norwegian: Janus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: Janus
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From. Has been used as a Latinization of the Danish given name.

Proper noun

 * , compare Danish Jens

Usage notes
Patronymics
 * son of Janus: Janussson or Janusarson
 * daughter of Janus: Janusdóttir or Janusardóttir