English-Italian translations for janus

• Giano
  Come Giano, la povertà tuttavia ha due volti. But, like Janus, poverty is two-faced.
  Questa faccia del Giano europeo è rivolta verso il futuro. That particular face of the European Janus looks towards the future.
  In conclusione, credo che questa politica assomigli alquanto al Giano Bifronte, la divinità bicefala. In conclusion, I believe that this policy is a little like the two-headed god, Janus Bifrons.

Definition of janus

• The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions
• A two-faced person, a hypocrite
• A moon of Saturn

Examples

• [[Janus cat
• Janus cat]], [[Janus particle
• Janus particle]]
• Janus green B is a dye used widely in histology to [[stain#Verb
• stain]] cells for microscopic examination

Related words

• January
• mid-January
• Janus-faced
• Janus word
• day in January
• go slow as molasses in January