Clitumnus

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. The suffix -umnus may relate to several other names of deities such as Pīcumnus, Pīlumnus, Vertumnus, Vītumnus, and Volumnus. Alternatively, it could continue the amnis (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kliːˈtum.nus/, [klʲiːˈt̪ʊmnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kliˈtum.nus/, [kliˈt̪umnus]

The river's springs

Proper noun

Clītumnus m sg (genitive Clītumnī); second declension

1. The Clitunno river, that flows in Umbria.
2. (religion) The god of the Clitunno, son of Oceanus and Tethys

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Clītumnus
Genitive	Clītumnī
Dative	Clītumnō
Accusative	Clītumnum
Ablative	Clītumnō
Vocative	Clītumne

Adjective

Clītumnus (feminine Clītumna, neuter Clītumnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the Clitunno

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Clītumnus	Clītumna	Clītumnum		Clītumnī	Clītumnae	Clītumna
Genitive	Clītumnī	Clītumnae	Clītumnī		Clītumnōrum	Clītumnārum	Clītumnōrum
Dative	Clītumnō		Clītumnō		Clītumnīs
Accusative	Clītumnum	Clītumnam	Clītumnum		Clītumnōs	Clītumnās	Clītumna
Ablative	Clītumnō	Clītumnā	Clītumnō		Clītumnīs
Vocative	Clītumne	Clītumna	Clītumnum		Clītumnī	Clītumnae	Clītumna

References

• “Clitumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Clitumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Clitumnus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Clitumnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Clitumnus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press