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==Latin== |
==Latin== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{inh+|la|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-|*gʷeyh₃-|to live}} + {{m|ine-pro|*-mn̥|*-mnos|agent noun suffix}}, and cognate to {{m|la|vīvō||to live}} and {{m|la|vīta||life}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{la- |
* {{la-IPA|Vītumnus}} |
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===Proper noun=== |
===Proper noun=== |
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{{la-proper noun|Vītumnus<2.both>}} |
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# a minor [[Roman]] god that |
# a minor [[Roman]] god that gives [[life]] to a [[child]] in the [[womb]]; a god of [[quickening]] |
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====Usage notes==== |
====Usage notes==== |
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* Vītumnus had the epithet {{l|la|vīvificātor||life-giver}} and was associated by Augustine with {{l|la|Sentīnus}}, the giver of [[sentience]]. |
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====Declension==== |
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{{la-ndecl|Vītumnus<2.both>}} |
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===Further reading=== |
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* {{R:L&S}} |
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{{la-decl-2nd|Vitumn}} |
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* {{R:Gaffiot}} |
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{{C|la|Roman deities}} |
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[[fr:Vitumnus]] |
Latest revision as of 13:58, 24 September 2024
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 Latin) 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.
singular | plural | |
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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.