Definition of Picumnus, Pilumnus
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Pīcumnus, Pīcumnī
(Pīlumnus, Pīlumnī)
Picumnus, Pilumnus
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. two brother deities of the Romans
  2. the first a personification of the woodpecker, and the second a personification of the pestle
  3. both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married people and little children
  4. Pilumnus was the son of Daunus, husband of Danae and ancestor of Turnus
Abbreviations
Pīcumnus, i, m., and Pīlumnus, i, m., two brother deities of the Romans; the first a personification of the woodpecker (picus), and the second a personification of the pestle (pilum); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married people and little children, Varr. ap. Non. 528, 11 sq.; id. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9; cf. Isid. 4, 11, 5; Aem. Mac. ap. Non. 518, 26; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 4; 10, 76.

—Pilumnus was the son of Daunus, husband of Danae and ancestor of Turnus, Verg. A. 9, 4.
 
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