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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.
| 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.