Vitumnus

Latin

Etymology

From vita (“life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-to- (“to live”) + *mno-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wiˈtum.nus/, [wɪˈtʊm.nʊs]

Proper noun

Vitumnus m (genitive Vitumnī); second declension

  1. a minor Roman god that bestows vita (“life”) to a fetus

Usage notes
  • Vitumnus had the epithet vīvificātor (“creator of life”) and was associated by Augustine with Sentīnus, the giver of sentience.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Vitumnus Vitumnī
Genitive Vitumnī Vitumnōrum
Dative Vitumnō Vitumnīs
Accusative Vitumnum Vitumnōs
Ablative Vitumnō Vitumnīs
Vocative Vitumne Vitumnī

References
  • 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
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