atanuvium

Latin

Alternative forms
  • athanuvium

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.taˈnu.wi.um/, [a.taˈnʊ.wi.ũ]

Noun

atanuvium n (genitive atanuviī or atanuvī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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
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