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.

Declension

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
  • 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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