Laverna

English

Proper noun

Laverna

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂u- (“profit, gain”). Cognate with lucrum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈwer.na/, [ɫaˈwɛr.na]

Proper noun

Laverna f (genitive Lavernae); first declension

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

Declension

First declension.

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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