Laverna

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English

Proper noun

Laverna

  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of thieves and impostors.
  2. (chiefly US) A female given name from Latin, probably a latinized version of the earlier and much more popular Laverne.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Cognate with lucrum.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Laverna f sg (genitive Lavernae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Laverna, the goddess of gain and patroness of rogues and thieves.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Laverna
Genitive Lavernae
Dative Lavernae
Accusative Lavernam
Ablative Lavernā
Vocative Laverna

Derived terms

References

  • “Laverna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Laverna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Laverna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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