Clitumnus
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kliːˈtum.nus/, [kliːˈtʊm.nʊs]
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The river's springs
Proper noun
Clītumnus m (genitive Clītumnī); second declension
- The Clitunno river, that flows in Umbria.
- (religion) The god of the Clitunno, son of Oceanus and Tethys
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Clītumnus |
Genitive | Clītumnī |
Dative | Clītumnō |
Accusative | Clītumnum |
Ablative | Clītumnō |
Vocative | Clītumne |
Adjective
Clītumnus (feminine Clītumna, neuter Clītumnum); first/second declension
- of or pertaining to the Clitunno
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Clītumnus | Clītumna | Clītumnum | Clītumnī | Clītumnae | Clītumna | |
Genitive | Clītumnī | Clītumnae | Clītumnī | Clītumnōrum | Clītumnārum | Clītumnōrum | |
Dative | Clītumnō | Clītumnae | Clītumnō | Clītumnīs | Clītumnīs | Clītumnīs | |
Accusative | Clītumnum | Clītumnam | Clītumnum | Clītumnōs | Clītumnās | Clītumna | |
Ablative | Clītumnō | Clītumnā | Clītumnō | Clītumnīs | Clītumnīs | Clītumnīs | |
Vocative | Clītumne | Clītumna | Clītumnum | Clītumnī | Clītumnae | Clītumna |
References
- 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