Lucina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.
  2. A separate goddess of those fields, a daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart to the Greek Eileithyia.
  3. 146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid.
  4. A female given name from Latin.

Pronunciation

/luˈsiːnə/ /luˈsaɪnə/

Word forms

Lucina

Etymology

From Middle English Lucina and Lucyna, from Latin Lūcīna.

Derived words

Juno Lucina
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