Clitumnus

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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The river's springs

Proper noun

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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

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

Adjective

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

  1. of or pertaining to the Clitunno

Declension

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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

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  • 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