Inuus
Latin
Etymology
From ineō (“I have intercourse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪ.nu.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.nu.us]
Proper noun
Inuus m sg (genitive Inuī); second declension
- (Roman mythology) The god who embodied sexual intercourse
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Inuus |
| genitive | Inuī |
| dative | Inuō |
| accusative | Inuum |
| ablative | Inuō |
| vocative | Inue |
Derived terms
- Castrum Inuī
References
- “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.