Editing Janus (section)

=== Carmen Saliare ===
As may be expected the opening verses of the Carmen,<ref>Varro ''Lingua Latina'' VII 26 and 27.</ref> are devoted to honouring Janus, thence were named ''{{lang|la|versus ianuli}}''.<ref>This does not mean that there was any particular link between the [[Salii]] and Janus, contrary to what Lydus states in ''{{lang|la|De Mensibus}}'' IV 2, i. e. that the Salii were consecrated to the cult of Janus. R. G. Kent in the Loeb edition of Varro's ''{{lang|la|De Lingua Latina}}'' 1938 p. 293 n. e states these verses were addressed to Mars.</ref> Paul the Deacon<ref>Paulus Festi epitome s.v. ''{{lang|la|axamenta}}''  p.&nbsp;3 L.</ref> mentions the ''{{lang|la|versus ianuli, iovii, iunonii, minervii}}''. Only part of the ''{{lang|la|versus ianuli}}'' and two of the ''{{lang|la|iovii}}'' are preserved.

The manuscript has:

:(paragraph 26): "''{{lang|la|cozeulodorieso. omia ũo adpatula coemisse./ ian cusianes duonus ceruses. dun; ianusue uet põmelios eum recum}}''";

:(paragraph 27): "''{{lang|la|diuum êpta cante diuum deo supplicante}}.''" "''{{lang|la|ianitos}}''".

Many reconstructions have been proposed:<ref>References in A.B. Cook above II p.&nbsp;329–331; a later attempt by J. F. K. Dirichs ''Die urlateinischen Reklamestrophe auf dem sogenannten Dresselschen Drillingsgefäss des sabinischen Töpfers Dufnos'' Heidelberg 1934 p.&nbsp;30.</ref>
they vary widely in dubious points and are all tentative, nonetheless one can identify with certainty some epithets:

* ''Cozeiuod''<ref>Restoring ''i'' for ''l'': this reading is accepted by both Havet and Dirichs above.</ref> ''orieso.''<ref>The interpretation "Cozeiuod orieso"&nbsp;=&nbsp;"Conseuiod orieso" is Dirich's. Havet reads: "{{lang|la|Cozeui adoriose}}"&nbsp;=&nbsp;"{{lang|la|Conseui gloriose}}" on the grounds of Paulus's glossa s.v. ''adoria'': "praise, glory deriving from the abundance of spelt (far)" p.&nbsp;3, 22 L.</ref> ''{{lang|la|Omnia vortitod}}''<ref>Capdeville follows L. Havet reading a future imperative of ''vorto''; cf. Ovid ''Fasti''&nbsp;I pp.&nbsp;119–120: "{{lang|la|Me penes est unum vasti custodia mundi,/ et ius vertendi cardinis omne meum est}}", "It is only my own power the tutelage of the vast universe,/ and the right of turning its hinge is all mine".</ref> ''{{lang|la|Patulti; oenus es}}''
* ''{{lang|la|iancus}}'' (or ''{{lang|la|ianeus}}''), ''Iane, es, duonus Cerus es, duonus Ianus.''
* ''{{lang|la|Veniet potissimum melios eum recum}}.''
* ''{{lang|la|Diuum eum patrem}}'' (or ''{{lang|la|partem}}'') ''{{lang|la|cante, diuum deo supplicate}}.''
* ''{{lang|la|ianitos}}.''<ref>G Capdeville above p.&nbsp;405–406, following in part L. Havet "{{lang|la|De Saturnio Latinorum versu}}" in ''BEPHE'' '''43''' Paris 1880 p.&nbsp;243–251. "Let it begin from/with the Sower. Make everything turn, Patultius, Thou are the one/ Gatekeeper, Janus, are Thou, good creator are Thou, good Janus./ Let Him come, the most powerful of all kings./ Sing Him the father (or part) of the gods, beseech the god of the gods./ Gatekeeper.</ref>

The epithets that can be identified are:
; ''Cozeuios'': i.e. ''{{lang|la|Conseuius}}'' the Sower, which opens the carmen and is attested as an old form of ''Consivius'' in [[Tertullian]];<ref>''Ad Nationes''&nbsp;II 11, 3.  Cozeuiod, ablative case of Cozeuios, would be an archaic spelling of {{lang|la|Consēuius}}: -ns> -nts>  -ts>  -z. Cf.&nbsp;[[Velius Longus]] ''Orthographia''&nbsp;8 p.&nbsp;50, 9 and 51, 5th&nbsp;ed. Keil on the use of letter  ''z'' in the carmen Saliare.</ref>
; ''{{lang|la|Patultius}}'': the Opener;
; ''{{lang|la|Iancus}}'' or ''{{lang|la|Ianeus}}'': the Gatekeeper;
; ''{{lang|la|Duonus Cerus}}'': the Good Creator;
; ''rex'': king ({{lang|la|potissimum melios eum recum}} – the most powerful and best of kings);
; ''{{lang|la|diuum patrem (partem) }}'':<ref>Festus s.v. ''pa'' p.&nbsp;222L: "{{lang|la|pa pro parte, po pro potissimum in Saliari carmine positum est}}": the correction ''{{lang|la|patre}}'' for ''{{lang|la|parte}}'' is allowed by Müller, by not by Lindsay.</ref> father of the gods (or part of the gods);
; ''{{lang|la|diuum deus}}'': god of the gods;
; ''{{lang|la|ianitos}}'': keeping track of time, Gatekeeper.