Pilumnus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pīlus (“pestle”), from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to crush”) + *mno-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈlum.nus/, [piːˈɫ̪ʊmnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piˈlum.nus/, [piˈlumnus]
Proper noun[edit]
Pīlumnus m (genitive Pīlumnī); second declension
Usage notes[edit]
- One of two brother deities. Pīlumnus was a personification of the pestle (pīlus) and Pīcumnus was a personification of the woodpecker (pīcus); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married couples and newborns.
- Pīlumnus taught humanity how to grind grain.
- He was the consort of Danaë, father of Danaus and ancestor of Turnus.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Pīlumnus | Pīlumnī |
| Genitive | Pīlumnī | Pīlumnōrum |
| Dative | Pīlumnō | Pīlumnīs |
| Accusative | Pīlumnum | Pīlumnōs |
| Ablative | Pīlumnō | Pīlumnīs |
| Vocative | Pīlumne | Pīlumnī |
References[edit]
- “Pilumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pilumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pilumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.