Lucina

lucina lučina Lučina English + (mythology) Etymology From en enm Lucina and enm Lucyna, from en la Lūcīna. Pronunciation en /luˈsiːnə/ /luˈsaɪnə/ en iːnə aɪnə 3 Proper noun An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns. en 2005 Patricia Montley In Nature's Honor: Myths and Rituals Celebrating the Earth il 5 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cxzHq4SmCucC&pg=PA Lucina, the Sabine goddess of light, was combined with the Roman Juno, and as Juno Lucina, goddess of childbirth, she brought children into the world. A separate goddess of those fields, a daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart to the Greek Eileithyia. en 2008 Laurie Sue Brockway The Goddess Pages: A Divine Guide to Finding Love and Happiness il 184 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9A2kMkFo3qMC&pg=PT198 Many believe the genesis of saint Lucy can be found in the mythology of two roman deities: Lucina, goddess of birth and light, who merged with the mother goddess Juno. 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. en astronomy 146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid. en rare en female Latin. Derived terms en Juno Lucina Translations Roman goddess of childbirth Armenian: hy Լուցինա French: fr Lucine f Italian: it Lucina f Japanese: ja ルーキーナ Rūkīna Latin: la Lūcīna f Russian: ru Луцина f Ukrainian: uk Люцина f Anagrams en acilnu Alcuin Lucian uncial en 3-syllable words en Asteroids Gods Roman mythology Latin Etymology Feminine of la *lucīnus, from la lūx īnus light -ine: forming adjectives, sometimes related to the phases of the moon or understood to intend "One who Brings into the Light". Pronunciation Lūcīna Proper noun Lūcīna<1.> en Lucina, an epithet of the Roman goddesses Juno or Diana in their role as goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns. en Lucina, a Roman goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. la Ovid Fasti 2 451 452 parce, precor, gravidīs, facilis Lūcīnā, puellīsmātūrumque uterō molliter aufer onus. Spare, I pray – by [you it is] easily done, Lucina – the pregnant girls,and gently withdraw the ripened burden from the womb. la New Latin astronomy en Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid. Declension Lūcīna<1> Derived terms la Iūnō Lūcīna References la Roman deities Pregnancy Astronomy Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Lucyna References Lucina n MED26287 15 June 2018