atanuvium
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from an Etruscan source; compare attanus, atalla.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) 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