Lacinia

Definition of Lacinia:

part of speech: noun

Segment of an incised leaf; internal endopodite of labium of Insects.

Usage examples for Lacinia:

• These, avoiding the harbours of Brundusium and Tarentum, because they were occupied by guards of Roman ships, landed at the temple of Juno Lacinia "The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six", Titus Livius.

• They arrived at the same place, near the temple of Juno Lacinia where the vessel lay concealed in a creek. "The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six", Titus Livius.

• Only two of the Girgenti temples survive in any degree of perfection- the so- called Concordia and the Juno Lacinia "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III.", John Symonds.