Lucina

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/luˈsiːnə//luˈsaɪnə/

proper noun

An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.

OriginMiddle English Lucina ← Latin Lūcīna →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.

    Lucina, the Sabine goddess of light, was combined with the Roman Juno, and as Juno Lucina, goddess of childbirth, she brought children into the world.

    2005, Patricia Montley, chapter IL, in In Nature's Honor: Myths and Rituals Celebrating the Earth, page 5
  2. A separate goddess of those fields, a daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart to the Greek Eileithyia.

    Many believe the genesis of saint Lucy can be found in the mythology of two roman deities: Lucina, goddess of birth and light, who merged with the mother goddess Juno.

    2008, Laurie Sue Brockway, chapter IL, in The Goddess Pages: A Divine Guide to Finding Love and Happiness, page 184
    1 more example

    2014, Alison Findlay, birth, entry in Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary, unnumbered page, He can only pray to Lucina, goddess of childbirth and 'gentle midwife/ To those that cry at night' to speed Thaisa's delivery (Per. 3.1.10–14), and has not even time to commit her body to the sea during the storm.

  3. astronomy146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid.
  4. rareA female given name from Latin.

Origin

  1. LatinLūcīna
  2. Middle EnglishLucina
  3. EnglishLucina

From Middle English Lucina and Lucyna, from Latin Lūcīna.

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Translations

French Lucine
  • LucineRoman goddess of childbirth
Italian Lucina
  • LucinaRoman goddess of childbirth
Japanese ルーキーナ
  • ルーキーナ (Rūkīna)Roman goddess of childbirth
Latin Lūcīna
  • LūcīnaRoman goddess of childbirth
Russian Луцина
  • Луцина (Lucina)Roman goddess of childbirth
Ukrainian Люцина
  • Люцина (Ljucyna)Roman goddess of childbirth

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Lucina

chinaCarolinalatinaArgentinaarenaKatrinamarinakindaninaPasadenareginaAngelinasubpoenaXenaanginaDinaminaballerinasalinagalenaDinahcarinapatinaspina
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Anagrams

LucianAlcuinuncial
Cite this entry
APA

Lucina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lucina

MLA

“Lucina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lucina. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lucina,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lucina.

Source: Lucina on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.