Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An American nymphalid butterfly, Victorina steneles, formerly known as V. lavinia. It occurs in Florida and South America.
- noun A genus of minnows inhabiting the coast streams of California.
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- proper noun Roman mythology The daughter of Latinus and wife of
Aeneas . - proper noun A female
given name used since the 17th century. It was fairly popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but rare today.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I was looking up famous women in the 19th century on the Internet, and one list had the name Lavinia Warren," Hauser said.
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When Lavinia is about to be raped, she pleads: 'The lion, moved with pity, did endure/To have his princely paws pared all away' (II. iii.151).
Ecotopia 1997
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The note was carefully worded, and as Mrs. Vanross received it and read it she called Lavinia and said very quietly:
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There's that other indeed, Miss Lavinia, is as handsome a girl as I'd wish to see.
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As to Lionel, I leave him my blessing; and as to any other legacy I never happened to promise him any; which is very good luck for me, as well as my best excuse; and I may say the same to my dear Lavinia, which is the reason I called her in, because she may not often have an opportunity to hear a man speak upon his death-bed.
Camilla 2008
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He then embraced her, called Lavinia, and retired for the night.
Camilla 2008
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Gradually James became more attentive, insisting on weekly sojourns to the duck pond at Hyde Park with Lavinia and Aidan, and calling Lavinia to his bed — evidence he had foregone his previous ways and was giving himself solely to her.
Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006
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I never happened to promise him any; which is very good luck for me, as well as my best excuse; and I may say the same to my dear Lavinia, which is the reason I called her in, because she may not often have an opportunity to hear a man speak upon his death-bed.
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Le Guin is famous for her science fiction and fantasy novels like Lavinia, which is set in Virgil's Aeneid.
Bend Blogs 2010
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Le Guin is famous for her science fiction and fantasy novels like Lavinia, which is set in Virgil's Aeneid.
Bend Blogs 2010
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