Latin

Proper noun

Pīlumnus m ‎(genitive Pīlumnī); second declension

1. 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.

Inflection

Second declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Pilumnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.