Picumnus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Pīcumnus (“a Roman deity personifying a woodpecker”), from pīcus (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”) + *mno-.

Proper noun

Picumnus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – the piculets.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Piciformes - order; Picidae - family; Picumninae

Hyponyms

• (genus): Picumnus albosquamatus, Picumnus aurifrons, Picumnus castelnau, Picumnus cinnamomeus, Picumnus cirratus, Picumnus dorbygnianus, Picumnus exilis, Picumnus fulvescens, Picumnus fuscus, Picumnus granadensis, Picumnus innominatus, Picumnus lafresnayi, Picumnus limae, Picumnus minutissimus, Picumnus nebulosus, Picumnus nigropunctatus, Picumnus olivaceus, Picumnus pumilus, Picumnus pygmaeus, Picumnus rufiventris, Picumnus sclateri, Picumnus spilogaster, Picumnus squamulatus, Picumnus steindachneri, Picumnus subtilis, Picumnus temminckii, Picumnus varzeae - species

References

• Picumnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Picumnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Picumnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Picumnus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Picumnus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Picumnus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From pīcus (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”) + *mno-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piːˈkum.nus/, [piːˈkʊmnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈkum.nus/, [piˈkumnus]

Proper noun

Pīcumnus m (genitive Pīcumnī); second declension

1. a minor Roman god of the fields, matrimony, and fertility

Usage notes

• One of two brother deities. Pīcumnus was a personification of the woodpecker (pīcus), and Pīlumnus was a personification of the pestle (pīlus); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married couples and newborns.
• Pīcumnus was also venerated as the god Sterquilinus (or Stercutus, Stercutius, Sterculius), who was the god of fertilization by manure (stercus).

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Pīcumnus	Pīcumnī
Genitive	Pīcumnī	Pīcumnōrum
Dative	Pīcumnō	Pīcumnīs
Accusative	Pīcumnum	Pīcumnōs
Ablative	Pīcumnō	Pīcumnīs
Vocative	Pīcumne	Pīcumnī

References

• “Picumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press