Libitina

English

Proper noun

Libitina

1. An ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial.

Alternative forms

• Libentina, Lubentina

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖 (lupu, “dead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /li.biˈtiː.na/, [lʲɪbɪˈt̪iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.biˈti.na/, [libiˈt̪iːnä]

Proper noun

Libitīna f sg (genitive Libitīnae); first declension

1. Libitina (the ancient Roman goddess of corpses, funerals and burials)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Libitīna
Genitive	Libitīnae
Dative	Libitīnae
Accusative	Libitīnam
Ablative	Libitīnā
Vocative	Libitīna

Related terms

• libitīnārius

References

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