atanuvium

Latin

Alternative forms

athanuvium

Etymology

Perhaps from an Etruscan source; compare attanus, atalla.[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.taˈnu.u̯i.um/, [ät̪äˈnuː̯iʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.taˈnu.vi.um/, [ät̪äˈnuːvium]

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).

Case	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

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