Lucina
See also: lucina
English
Etymology
From Middle English Lucyna, Lucina, from Latin Lucīna.
Proper noun
Lucina
- (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of childbirth, midwives and babies, daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart of the Greek Eileithyia; alternatively regarded as an aspect of Juno (and used as an epithet).
- 2014, Alison Findlay, birth, entry in Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary, unnumbered page,
- He[Pericles] can only pray to Lucina, goddess of childbirth and 'gentle midwife/ To those that cry at night' to speed Thaisa's delivery (Per. 3.1.10–14), and has not even time to commit her body to the sea during the storm.
- (astronomy) 146 Lucina, a main belt asteroid.
- (rare) A female given name.
Derived terms
- Juno Lucina
Translations
Roman goddess of childbirth
Middle English
References
- “Lucina (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.
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