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Latin
Etymology
From pīlus (“pestle”), from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to crush”) + *mno-.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pīlumnus m (genitive Pīlumnī); second declension
- a minor Roman god guarding the good health and growth of children
Usage notes
- One of two brother deities. Pīlumnus was a personification of the pestle (pīlus) and Pīcumnus was a personification of the woodpecker (pīcus); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married couples and newborns.
- Pīlumnus taught humanity how to grind grain.
- He was the consort of Danaë, father of Danaus and ancestor of Turnus.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “Pilumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pilumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pilumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.