Laverna

English

Proper noun

Laverna

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

Anagrams

Avernal

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈu̯er.na/, [ɫ̪äˈu̯ɛrnä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈver.na/, [läˈvɛrnä]

Proper noun

Laverna f sg (genitive Lavernae); first declension

(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

laverniō

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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