Lucina
Lucina, she that brings to light, goddess of childbirth
Juno ‥ dicitur ~a, quasi lucem natis prebens
supernus aer, ‥ quem aureus sol et vaga ~a perornant, dividentes mundum quadratum communi lege
non ‥ ut discurrens vaga ~a vagus vel nutabundus extiterat
- 1. geboortegodin in de gedaante v. Juno of Diana; meton. (poët.) het baren; ➤ -am pati (Verg.) kalven;
- 2. = Hecate (als veroorzaakster v. nare dromen).
Tunc jussu Pontificis nocte una tanta allata sunt omnia paramenta, calces et latercula, petras..... quanta vix in undecim Lucinis laborare potuerant.
Sed dispensator qui pro tempore fuerit, in eadem venerabili diaconia, id est quando Lucina perficitur, in eadem diaconia pro remissione peccatorum nostrorum omnes diaconites et pauperes Christi, qui ibidem conveniunt, Kyrie eleison exclamare studeant.Ubi forte leg.
Litania: vel potius
Lucerna, aut
Lucernarium, officium scilicet vespertinum de quo supra : nisi
Lucinaidem sonet.
the goddess of light, or rather the goddess that brings to light, and hence the goddess that presides over the birth of children; it was therefore used as a surname of Juno and Diana, and the two are sometimes called Lucinae. (Varro, de Ling. Lat. 5.69; Catull. 34.13; Horat. Carm. Saec. 14, &c.; Ov. Fast. 2.441, &c., 6.39; Tib. 3.4. 13.) When women of rank gave birth to a son, a lectisterniumn was prepared for Juno Lucina in the atrium of the house. (Serv. and Philarg. ad Virg. Eclog. 4.63.) [L.S]
- lux; sc. dea, she that brings to light, goddess of childbirth, T., H., O.: Lucinam pati, pains of childbirth, V.: Lucinae labores, V.—The goddess of frightful dreams: (Hecate), Tb.
The goddess of light (lux), or rather the goddess that brings to light, and hence the goddess that presides over the birth of children. It was therefore used as a surname of both Iuno and Diana. Lucina corresponded to the Greek goddess Ilithyia (q.v.). See Hor. Carm. Saec. 15.