| 单词 |
Lucina |
| 释义 |
‖ Lucina|l(j)uːˈsaɪnə|
Also 6 (anglicized) Lucyne.
[L. fem. of adj. lūcīnus, f. lūc-, lūx light: see -ine1.]
In Roman mythology, the goddess who presided over childbirth, sometimes identified with Juno or with Diana; hence, a midwife.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1227 But for hir child so longe was vnborn Ful pitously Lucyna gan she calle. 1608Shakes. Per. iii. i. 10 Lucina, oh! Diuinest patrionesse, and my wife gentle To those that cry by night. 1631Milton Epit. March. Winch. 26 And now with second hope she goes, And calls Lucina to her throws. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. v. 27 Death must be the Lucina of life. 1701C. Wolley Jrnl. New York (1860) 27 Neither..the nice attendance of Nursekeepers, nor the art of a dextrous Lucina. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy II. xi, A daughter of Lucina is put..over thy head.
b. By identification with Diana, put for: The moon. poet.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxv. 1 Lucina schynnyng in silence of the nicht. 1508― Gold. Targe 2 Quhen gone to bed war Vesper and Lucyne. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. ix. 2 For Lucyna eke dyd her shrowde. 1594Greene & Lodge Looking-glass (1598) F 2 b, An hoast of blacke and sable cloudes Gan to eclips Lucinas siluer face. |
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