atanuvium
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from an Etruscan source; compare attanus, atalla.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.taˈnu.u̯i.um/, [ät̪äˈnuː̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.taˈnu.vi.um/, [ät̪äˈnuːvium]
Noun
[edit]atanuvium n (genitive atanuviī or atanuvī); second declension
- A kind of earthen bowl used by the Roman priests in offering sacrifices.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | atanuvium | atanuvia |
Genitive | atanuviī atanuvī1 |
atanuviōrum |
Dative | atanuviō | atanuviīs |
Accusative | atanuvium | atanuvia |
Ablative | atanuviō | atanuviīs |
Vocative | atanuvium | atanuvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “atanuvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- atanuvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Breyer, Gertrud (1993) Etruskisches Sprachgut im Lateinischen unter Ausschluß des spezifisch onomastischen Bereiches (Orientalia Analecta Lovaniensia; 53), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oriëntalistiek, →ISBN, pages 305–306