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Meaning & History
Meaning, "entry." The phallic god MUTUNUS Tutunus, and PERTUNDA enable sexual penetration. Inuus, sometimes identified with FAUNUS, embodies the mammalian impulse toward mating. The cult of Mutunus was associated with the sacred fascinum. Both these gods are attested outside conception litany. Pertunda is the female personification of the verb pertundere, "to penetrate", and seems to be a name for invoking a divine power specific to this function.