Summanus

Summānus (Subm-), i, m.,

• a Roman deity to whom nocturnal lightnings were asscribed, but whose precise nature was unknown even to Ovid; acc. to Mart. Cap. i. q. Pluto, Ov. F. 6, 731; Mart. Cap. 2, § 161; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 54 (895); id. Curc. 3, 43 (413); Liv. 32, 29; Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138; 29, 4, 14, § 57; Arn. 3, 44; 5, 37; 6, 3 Orell.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 23; Inscr. Orell. 1466; v. Merkel ad Ov. F. p. ccviii.—Hence: Summanalia liba farinacea in modum rotae ficta, Fest. pp. 348 and 349 Müll. (offered in sacrifice to Summanus).

Summānus (Submānus), ī, m., eine urspr. etrusk., dann auch röm. Gottheit, Gott des nächtlichen Himmels, der blitzwerfende Nachtgott (wie Jupiter Gott des Tageshimmels, daher Summanus auch von Späteren mit Pluto identifiziert), Plaut. Bacch. 895. Cic. de div. 1, 16 (u. dazu Creuzer). Mart. Cap. 2. § 161 (u. dazu Kopp viele Stellen). – als Gott des nächtlichen Taues, Rieselgott, im Wortspiel mit summano, Plaut. Curc. 413 sqq. Vgl. Wissowa Religion u. Kultus der Römer². S. 53 u. 135. Müller-Deecke Etrusker 2, 60. 170. 253. – Summānālia, ium, n., in Form eines Rades gebildete Opferkuchen, die dem Summanus dargebracht wurden, Fest. 348 (b), 5. Paul. ex Fest. 349, 9.

Summānus, (13) ī, m. , divinité qui présidait aux phénomènes atmosphériques de la nuit, par ex. aux éclairs nocturnes( Plin. 2, 138 ), à la rosée (v. jeu de mots sur Summanus et summano Pl. Curc. 416 ) ; incertitude marquée par Ov. F. 6, 731 sur la nature de cette divinité ; elle avait un temple au Capitole( Cic. Div. 1, 16 ), cf. Plin. 20, 57.

summanus, i. m. (summus, manus.)
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Summānus

An ancient Etruscan deity of the nocturnal heavens, to whom was ascribed thunder by night, as that by day was ascribed to Iupiter. He had a chapel on the Capitol, and his image in terra-cotta stood on the pediment of the great temple. Besides this, he had a temple near the Circus Maximus, where on the 20th of June an annual sacrifice was offered to him. His true significance became in later times so obscure that his name was falsely explained as meaning the highest of the Manes (summus Manium) and equivalent to Dis pater, or the Greek Pluto (Varro, L. L. v. 74; Cic. De Div. i. 10; Pliny H. N. xxix. 57).