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Lavinium
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Latin
Etymology
la, but possibly from la ine-pro *lewh₃- to wash, meaning "a bathing-place (for animals)".http://www.asciatopo.altervista.org/latium.html Synchronically derived from la Lavīnum, an alternative form of the town's name. Roman legend derives it from Lā̆vīnia, daughter of the king of the Latins and wife of Aeneas.
Pronunciation
lā̆vīnium
Note: the first vowel in this form always scans long in dactylic poetry, but always short in the alternative form la Lavīnum.
Proper noun
Lā̆vīnium<2.loc>
port city near Rome, legendarily founded by Aeneas
Declension
Lā̆vīnium<2.loc>
Derived terms
la Lā̆vīnienses
Descendants
it Lavinio
grc Λαουΐνιον
References
la Cities Italy