Vitumnus

Latin

Etymology

From vita (“life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-to- (“to live”) + *mno-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈtum.nus/, [u̯ɪˈt̪ʊmnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtum.nus/, [viˈt̪umnus]

Proper noun

Vitumnus m (genitive Vitumnī); second declension

  1. a minor Roman god that bestows vita (“life”) to a fetus

Usage notes
  • Vitumnus had the epithet vīvificātor (“creator of life”) and was associated by Augustine with Sentīnus, the giver of sentience.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Vitumnus Vitumnī
Genitive Vitumnī Vitumnōrum
Dative Vitumnō Vitumnīs
Accusative Vitumnum Vitumnōs
Ablative Vitumnō Vitumnīs
Vocative Vitumne Vitumnī

References
  • “Vitumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Vitumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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