58%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Roman Mythology Pronounced Pron. /sum.ˈmaː.nus/(Latin) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "before the morning", derived from Latin sub "under, before" and mane "morning". Summanus was the Roman god of the night sky and night lightning, a nocturnal counterpart to Jupiter. Categories beginnings, dark, ends in -anus, lightning deities, night, sky deities, time periods, times of day
