Lucina

Proper noun

Lucina

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
   • 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.2014, Alison Findlay, birth, entry in Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary, unnumbered page
3. 146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid.
4. (rare) A female given name from Latin.