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Laverna

Laverna · f

the patron goddess of gain

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Where it lives

Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k

What it meant

Lăverna — Lewis & Short

Lăverna, ae, f.,

I the patron goddess of gain (lawful or unlawful), and hence especially of rogues and thieves, Nov. ap. Non. 483, 21 (Com. Fragm. v. 105 Rib.); Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 31: mihi, Laverna, in furtis celerassis manus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 134, 32; Lucil. ib. 135, 1: pulcra Laverna, da mihi fallere, da justo sanctoque videri, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 60: Laverna in via Salaria lucum habet, Est autem dea furum et simulacrum ejus fures colunt, et qui consilia sua volunt tacita, nam preces ejus cum silentio exercentur, Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. l. l.—Hence,

II Lăvernālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Laverna, Lavernal: Porta, a gate in Rome where stood an altar of Laverna, Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. s. h. v. p. 117 Müll.

In the wild

Laverna Plautus, Aulularia 3.2
Laverna Horace, Epistulae 1.16.60
Laverna Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 2.1.870
Laverna Ausonius, Epistularum 14.104

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Lauerna (scan p. 368; entry #5818).

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