mutunium
Latin
Alternative forms
- mutūnius
- muthūnium
- muttōnium
- mutīnium
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muˈtuː.ni.um/, [mʊˈt̪uːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /muˈtu.ni.um/, [muˈt̪uːnium]
Noun
mutūnium n (genitive mutūniī or mutūnī); second declension
- (vulgar) penis
- c. 1st century CE, Carmina Priapea , (uncertain meter):
- Tūtēlam pōmārī, dīlĭgēns Prĭāpĕ, făcĭtō:
rū̆brī̆cātō fūrĭbus mĭnārĕ mutinio.- Careful Priapus, keep watch of the orchard:
threaten thieves with red(-painted) penis.
- Careful Priapus, keep watch of the orchard:
- Tūtēlam pōmārī, dīlĭgēns Prĭāpĕ, făcĭtō:
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mutūnium | mutūnia |
| Genitive | mutūniī mutūnī1 |
mutūniōrum |
| Dative | mutūniō | mutūniīs |
| Accusative | mutūnium | mutūnia |
| Ablative | mutūniō | mutūniīs |
| Vocative | mutūnium | mutūnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “mutunium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mutunium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “mutūnium” in volume 8, column 1731, line 16 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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