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Laronia
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Latin
Etymology
la Feminisation of la Lār Etruscan title of the eldest son? From la larvō to enchant? Something else? Anything to do with la -ōnia?
Pronunciation
Lārōnia
Proper noun
Lārōnia<1.both> Lārōnius
la female
a feminine nomen gentilicium, the female counterpart of la Lārōnius.Braund S.H. A woman's voice? Laronia's role in Juvenal Satire 2 Women in Antiquity: New Assessments 1995 https://books.google.com/books?id=i9mJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 208 we know that a Quintus Laronius was suffect consul in 33 BC: it is possible that Laronia is envisaged as this man's descendant, perhaps also as Martial's (2.32.5-6), a rich and influential widow (orba est, diues, anus, uidua).
la Juvenal Satires 36-38 Non tulit ex illis torvum Laronia quendam clamantem totiens “ubi nunc, lex Iulia, dormis?”
la Martial Epigrams 32 5-6 abnegat et retinet nostrum Laronia servum, respondes "orba est, dives, anus, vidua."
Declension
Lārōnia<1.both>
References
Further reading
Lărōnĭa