Inuus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ineō (“I have intercourse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi.nu.us/, [ˈɪnuʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.nu.us/, [ˈiːnuːs]
Proper noun
[edit]Inuus m sg (genitive Inuī); second declension
- (Roman mythology) The god who embodied sexual intercourse
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “inuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Inuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.