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Latona

daughter of the Titan Cœus and Phœbe, and mother of Apollo and Diana, whom she brought forth on the floating island of…

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Where it lives

Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 2 · 2.87/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 2 · 2.37/10k
Carmina 3 · 2.26/10k
Elegiae 2 · 1.62/10k
de Natura Deorum 5 · 1.4/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Metamorphoses 9 · 1.16/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Lātōna — Lewis & Short

Lātōna, ae (old

I gen. sing. Latonas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.; Gr. form Lāto, ūs, Varr. Sat. Mon. 83, 1), f., = *lhtw/; Dor. *latw/; Aeol. *la/twn, daughter of the Titan Cœus and Phœbe, and mother of Apollo and Diana, whom she brought forth on the floating island of Delos, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 424 Vahl.); Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48; 2, 5, 72; id. N. D. 3, 23; Verg. A. 1, 502; Juv. 6, 176; Ov. M. 6, 336; Hyg. Fab. 14.—

II Hence,

A Lātōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latona, Latonian: Delos, Verg. G. 3, 6: virgo, i. e. Diana, id. A. 11, 557: Luna, Tib. 3, 4, 29: Cynthus, the mountain, on Delos, where Latona brought forth, Stat. Th. 1, 701.—Subst.: Lātōnĭa, ae, f., Diana, Cat. 34, 5; Verg. A. 9, 405; 11, 534; Ov. M. 1, 696; 8, 393; Stat. Th. 9, 679.—

B Lātōnĭgĕna, ae, comm. Latona-gigno, one born of Latona (poet.): Latonigenae duo, i. e. Apollo and Diana, Ov. M. 6, 160: di, Sen. Agm. 320.—

C Lātōïus (Lētōïus, Ov. M. 8, 15, where others read Lātōnĭa), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latona, Latonian: stirps, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 3: proles, id. ib. 5, 1, 57; id. M. 8, 15.—Subst.: Lātōïus, ii, m., Apollo, Ov. M. 11, 197.—

D Lātōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latona: arae, Ov. M. 6, 274.—Subst.: Lātōus, i, m., Apollo, Ov. M. 6, 384; Hor. C. 1, 31, 18.—

E Lātŏĭdes, ae, m., = *latwi+/dhs, the son of Latona, i. e. Apollo: Latoiden canamus, Stat. Th. 1, 695.—In plur.: Lātŏĭdae, ārum, the children of Latona, i. e. Apollo and Diana; gen. plur.: Latoidum, Aus. Epit. 27.—

F Lātōĭs (Lētōis), ĭdis or ĭdos, f. adj., = *latwi+/s and *lhtwi+/s, of or belonging to Latona, Latonian: Calaurea, sacred to Latona, Ov. M. 7, 384.—Subst. adj.: Lātōis, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., Diana: timeo saevae Latoidos iram, Ov. H. 21, 153; id. M. 8, 278.

2. Lätöna — Walde–Hofmann

Lätöna, -ae f. „Tochter des Titanen Köus, Mutter der Diana“ (seit Liv. Andr.): latinisierte Form von gr. Antio, dor. Adruı) (daraus gelehrt Lätö, -üs seit Varro); -nä-Erw. nach Bellöna (Leumann-Stolz? 223) oder maätröna (Stolz-5chmalz5 19; vgl. auch Artemöna Plaut. für gr.^Apreud)). Aürd) aus lyk. lada „Gattin“ (Kretschmer Gl. 14, 307 f., Bertoldi St. Etr. 10, 27’, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. 60; nicht zu lateö [z. B. Walde-P. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Lätöna, p. 803]

In the wild

Latonae Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.160
Latonae Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.7.8
Latonae Ovid, Ex Ponto 4.14.57
Latonae Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.46
Latonaeque Vergil, Aeneid 12.198
Latonae Tibullus, Elegiae 3.4.72

6 of 52 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Latona (scan p. 367; entry #5796).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Lätöna (scan pp. 803-805; entry #1507). Root candidates: *lay-, *stelä-, *sterä-.

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