Inuus

Latin

Etymology

From ineō (“I have intercourse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.nu.us/, [ˈɪnuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.nu.us/, [ˈiːnuːs]

Proper noun

Inuus m sg (genitive Inuī); second declension

1. (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.