Picumnus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Pīcumnus (“a Roman deity personifying a woodpecker”), from pīcus (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”) + *mno-.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Piciformes - order; Picidae - family; Picumninae
Hyponyms
- (genus): Picumnus albosquamatus, Picumnus aurifrons, Picumnus castelnau, Picumnus cinnamomeus, Picumnus cirratus, Picumnus dorbygnianus, Picumnus exilis, Picumnus fulvescens, Picumnus fuscus, Picumnus granadensis, Picumnus innominatus, Picumnus lafresnayi, Picumnus limae, Picumnus minutissimus, Picumnus nebulosus, Picumnus nigropunctatus, Picumnus olivaceus, Picumnus pumilus, Picumnus pygmaeus, Picumnus rufiventris, Picumnus sclateri, Picumnus spilogaster, Picumnus squamulatus, Picumnus steindachneri, Picumnus subtilis, Picumnus temminckii, Picumnus varzeae - species
References
Picumnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Picumnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Picumnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Picumnus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Picumnus at the Catalogue of Life
- Picumnus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Picumnus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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
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 |
References
- Picumnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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