Levana

See also: levana

English

Etymology

From Latin levāre (“to lift”).

Proper noun

Levana

1. (Roman mythology) An Ancient Roman goddess involved in rituals relating to childbirth.

Anagrams

• Avenal

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin levō

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin Levāna

From levō (“to lift”) + -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫɛˈwaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [leˈvaː.na]

Proper noun

Levāna f sg (genitive Levānae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Levana

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Levāna
genitive	Levānae
dative	Levānae
accusative	Levānam
ablative	Levānā
vocative	Levāna

References

• “Levana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Levana”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.