Pilumnus

Borrowed from Latin pilumnus (“javelin-wielding”).

Coined by English zoologist and marine biologist (1790/1–1836) William Elford Leach in 1815.

Pilumnus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pilumnidae – certain crabs.

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Pilumnus

1. A minor Roman god guarding the good health and growth of children.

From pīlus (“pestle”), from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to crush”) + *mno-.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [piːˈɫʊm.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [piˈlum.nus]

Pīlumnus m (genitive Pīlumnī); second declension

1. a minor Roman god guarding the good health and growth of children

• 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.

Second-declension noun.

• “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.