atanuvium

Latin

Alternative forms

• athanuvium

Etymology

Perhaps from an Etruscan source; compare attanus, atalla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.taˈnu.u̯i.um/, [ät̪äˈnuː̯iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.taˈnu.vi.um/, [ät̪äˈnuːvium]

Noun

atanuvium n (genitive atanuviī or atanuvī); second declension

1. A kind of earthen bowl used by the Roman priests in offering sacrifices.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	atanuvium	atanuvia
Genitive	atanuviī atanuvī1	atanuviōrum
Dative	atanuviō	atanuviīs
Accusative	atanuvium	atanuvia
Ablative	atanuviō	atanuviīs
Vocative	atanuvium	atanuvia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “atanuvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• atanuvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.