atanuvium
Latin
Alternative forms
- athanuvium
Etymology
Perhaps from an Etruscan source; compare attanus, atalla.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.taˈnʊ.wi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.t̪aˈnuː.vi.um]
Noun
atanuvium n (genitive atanuviī or atanuvī); second declension
- A kind of earthen bowl used by the Roman priests in offering sacrifices.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
- “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