Vitumnus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈtum.nus/, [u̯ɪˈt̪ʊmnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.