Translingual

Proper noun

Picumnus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – the piculets.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Piciformes - order; Picidae - family; Picumninae

Hyponyms

• (genus): Picumnus albosquamatus, Picumnus aurifrons, Picumnus castelnau, Picumnus cinnamomeus, Picumnus cirratus, Picumnus dorbygnianus, Picumnus exilis, Picumnus fulvescens, Picumnus fuscus, Picumnus granadensis, Picumnus innominatus, Picumnus lafresnayi, Picumnus limae, Picumnus minutissimus, Picumnus nebulosus, Picumnus nigropunctatus, Picumnus olivaceus, Picumnus pumilus, Picumnus pygmaeus, Picumnus rufiventris, Picumnus sclateri, Picumnus spilogaster, Picumnus squamulatus, Picumnus steindachneri, Picumnus subtilis, Picumnus temminckii, Picumnus varzeae - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

Etymology

From pīcus ‎(“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- ‎(“woodpecker; magpie”) + *mno-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piːˈkum.nus/, [piːˈkʊm.nʊs]

Proper noun

Pīcumnus m ‎(genitive Pīcumnī); second declension

1. a minor Roman god of the fields, matrimony, and fertility

Usage notes

• One of two brother deities. Pīcumnus was a personification of the woodpecker (pīcus), and Pīlumnus was a personification of the pestle (pīlus); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married couples and newborns.
• Pīcumnus was also venerated as the god Sterquilinus (or Stercutus, Stercutius, Sterculius), who was the god of fertilization by manure (stercus).

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• Picumnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press