Levana
Lĕvāna, ae, f. [1. levo],
- the goddess supposed to raise new-born infants from the ground, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 11.
Levāna, ae, f. (2. levo), die Göttin, unter deren Schutze die neugeborenen Kinder standen, wenn sie von der Erde aufgehoben wurden, Augustin. de civ. dei 4, 11. p. 161, 3, D.2
Lĕvāna, æ, f. (levo 2), déesse qui protégeait lʼenfant nouveau-né soulevé de terre [acte par lequel le père reconnaissait lʼenfant] : Aug. Civ. 4, 11.
Levana
a Roman divinity, who derived her name from the custom that the father picked up his new-born child from the ground, by which symbolic act he declared his intention not to kill the child, but to bring it up. (August. De Civ. Dei, 4.11.) [L.S]