Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Literature (Rare) Pronounced Pron. TUM-nus [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 10/16/2015 by sttavilla Edited 11/20/2016 by LMS Meaning & History The name of a faun in C.S. Lewis' novels, the Chronicles of Narnia. This may be used as a diminutive of VERTUMNUS.