Pilumnus
Americannoun
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Pilumnus was an ancient Latin god, and an ancestor of Turnus.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Pilumnus, god of the pestle, and Diverra, goddess of the broom, may close our small sample of the limitless crowd.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
Moved by his son's grief, Pilumnus entreated Ceres' revenge on the faithless nymph, and Lalage died in giving birth to the twins Amyntas and Amarillis.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
The wife of the North Wind gave them to Pilumnus.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
Yet he traces his birth from our name, and Pilumnus was his father in the fourth generation, and oft and again his bountiful hand hath heaped thy courts with gifts.'
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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