Vitumnus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) + *-mnos (“agent noun suffix”), and cognate to vīvō (“to live”) and vīta (“life”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈtum.nus/, [u̯iːˈt̪ʊmnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtum.nus/, [viˈt̪umnus]
Proper noun edit
Vītumnus m (genitive Vītumnī); second declension
- a minor Roman god that gives life to a child in the womb; a god of quickening
Usage notes edit
- Vītumnus had the epithet vīvificātor (“life-giver”) and was associated by Augustine with Sentīnus, the giver of sentience.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Vītumnus | Vītumnī |
| Genitive | Vītumnī | Vītumnōrum |
| Dative | Vītumnō | Vītumnīs |
| Accusative | Vītumnum | Vītumnōs |
| Ablative | Vītumnō | Vītumnīs |
| Vocative | Vītumne | Vītumnī |
Further reading edit
- “Vitumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vitumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.