Libitina

English

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Libitina

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Libitīna.

Proper noun

Libitina

1. An ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial.

Alternative forms

• Libentina, Lubentina

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖 (lupu, “dead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪ.bɪˈtiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [li.biˈtiː.na]

Proper noun

Libitīna f sg (genitive Libitīnae); first declension

1. Libitina (the ancient Roman goddess of corpses, funerals and burials)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Libitīna
genitive	Libitīnae
dative	Libitīnae
accusative	Libitīnam
ablative	Libitīnā
vocative	Libitīna

Related terms

• libitīnārius

Descendants

• → English: Libitina

References

• “Libitina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Libitina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.