Picumnus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Pīcumnus (a Roman deity personifying a woodpecker), from pīcus (woodpecker), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (woodpecker; magpie) + *mno-.

Proper noun

Picumnus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – the piculets.

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Latin

Etymology

From pīcus (woodpecker), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (woodpecker; magpie) + *mno-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈkum.nus/, [piːˈkʊm.nʊs]

Proper noun

Pīcumnus m (genitive Pīcumnī); second declension

  1. a minor Roman god of the fields, matrimony, and fertility

Usage notes

  • One of two brother deities. Pīcumnus was a personification of the woodpecker (pīcus), and Pīlumnus was a personification of the pestle (pīlus); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married couples and newborns.
  • Pīcumnus was also venerated as the god Sterquilinus (or Stercutus, Stercutius, Sterculius), who was the god of fertilization by manure (stercus).

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Pīcumnus Pīcumnī
Genitive Pīcumnī Pīcumnōrum
Dative Pīcumnō Pīcumnīs
Accusative Pīcumnum Pīcumnōs
Ablative Pīcumnō Pīcumnīs
Vocative Pīcumne Pīcumnī

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