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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A goddess who was the mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Greek myth, the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis (Diana), to whom she gave birth on the island of Delos.
  • noun In entomology, a genus of hepialid moths, with one species, L. venus, of South Africa.

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  • proper noun Greek mythology In Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis

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  • noun wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Λητώ (Lētō).

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