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Vertumnus

British  
/ vɜːˈtʌmnəs /

noun

  1. a Roman god of gardens, orchards, and seasonal change

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Vertumnus

from Latin, from vertere to turn, change

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In Ovid she is wooed by Vertumnus, God of the Changing Seasons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of all that sought her Vertumnus was the most ardent, but he could make no headway.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

In the large "Jewish Wife," in "Bathsheba receiving David's Message," in the long lost "Vertumnus and Pomona," Saskia, the beloved Saskia, is always the model.

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.

There are no Pomona and Vertumnus but the gardener's spade and hoe.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

But he is brought also to the palace of Queen Eleuterylida, and while there witnesses the triumphs or festivals of Europa, Leda, Danae, Bacchus, Vertumnus, and Pomona, which provide several attractive subjects for the illustrator.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

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