Pilumnus

[ pi-luhm-nuhs ]

noun

1. one of two ancient gods of fertility.

Example Sentences

Picumnus and Pilumnus were two household divinities of the Romans, who were the special presiding deities of new-born infants.

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Then there was Pilumnus, who was the first to make cheese, and became the god of bakers.

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The Latins named it Picus, whose brother (or double), Pilumnus, was the god of bakers and millers.

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Damon too is led back by an evil conscience, and Pilumnus likewise appears.

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Claius, in his anxiety to make Amarillis reveal her assassin, betrays his own identity, to the joy of his old enemy Pilumnus.

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