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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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Revision as of 04:00, 10 November 2023
Latin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) + *-mnos (“agent noun suffix”), and cognate to vīvō (“to live”) and vīta (“life”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈtum.nus/, [u̯iːˈt̪ʊmnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtum.nus/, [viˈt̪umnus]
Proper noun
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
- Vītumnus had the epithet vīvificātor (“life-giver”) and was associated by Augustine with Sentīnus, the giver of sentience.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Vītumnus | Vītumnī |
| genitive | Vītumnī | Vītumnōrum |
| dative | Vītumnō | Vītumnīs |
| accusative | Vītumnum | Vītumnōs |
| ablative | Vītumnō | Vītumnīs |
| vocative | Vītumne | Vītumnī |
Further reading
- “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.