Pilumnus

Latin

Etymology

From pīlus (“pestle”), from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to crush”) + *mno-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈlum.nus/, [piːˈɫʊm.nʊs]

Proper noun

Pīlumnus m (genitive Pīlumnī); second declension

  1. a minor Roman god guarding the good health and growth of children

Usage notes

  • 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.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Pīlumnus Pīlumnī
genitive Pīlumnī Pīlumnōrum
dative Pīlumnō Pīlumnīs
accusative Pīlumnum Pīlumnōs
ablative Pīlumnō Pīlumnīs
vocative Pīlumne Pīlumnī

References

  • 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
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