Laronia

Latin

Etymology

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Particularly: “Feminisation of Lār (“Etruscan title of the eldest son”)? From larvō (“I enchant”)? Something else? Anything to do with -ōnia?”

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laːˈroː.ni.a/, [ɫ̪äːˈroːniä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈro.ni.a/, [läˈrɔːniä]

Proper noun

Lārōnia f (genitive Lārōniae, masculine Lārōnius); first declension

A feminine praenomen.
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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Lārōnia	Lārōniae
genitive	Lārōniae	Lārōniārum
dative	Lārōniae	Lārōniīs
accusative	Lārōniam	Lārōniās
ablative	Lārōniā	Lārōniīs
vocative	Lārōnia	Lārōniae

References

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