Lucinan.

/l(j)uːˈsʌɪnə/

Forms: Also 1500s (anglicized) Lucyne.

Etymology: < the name of Lucina, the Roman goddess who presided over childbirth, sometimes identified with Juno or with Diana, < Latin feminine of adjective lūcīnus , < lūc- , lūx light: see -ine suffix¹.

1. A midwife.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]

midwifec1300

childwifea1387

midwomana1400

Lucinac1405

matron?a1425

grace-wifec1600

Mother Midnight1602

headswoman1615

handwoman1637

sage woman1672

howdie1725

accoucheur1727

granny1738

obstetrix1773

accoucheuse1795

dukun1817

fingersmith1819

wise woman1821

obstetrician1826

obstetrist1873

tocologist1902

birth attendant1910

S.C.M.1935

monitrice1969

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1227 But for hir child so longe was vnborn Ful pitously lucina gan she calle.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 10 Lucina, oh! Diuinest patrionesse, and my wife gentle To those that cry by night.

1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 24 And now with second hope she goes, And calls Lucina to her throws.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 77 Death must be the Lucina of life.

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 17 Neither..the nice attendance of Nursekeepers, nor the art of a dextrous Lucina.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xi. 70 A daughter of Lucina is put..over thy head.

2. By identification with Diana, put for: The moon. poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]

moonOE

Diana1398

Hecatec1420

lady of the night1480

luna?1499

Lucina?1504

Phoebe1600

queen of the night?1610

mother of months1613

noctiluca1623

Cynthia1645

Oliver?1747

star-queen1818

Paddy's lantern1834

parish lantern1847

night-sun1855

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.iii For Lucyna eke dyd her shrowde.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 184 Quhen gone to bed war Vesper and Lucyne.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 114 Lucina schyning in silence of the nycht.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. F2 ^v An hoast of blacke and sable cloudes, Gan to eclips Lucinas siluer face.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	lucina
释义	Lucinan. /l(j)uːˈsʌɪnə/ Forms: Also 1500s (anglicized) Lucyne. Etymology: < the name of Lucina, the Roman goddess who presided over childbirth, sometimes identified with Juno or with Diana, < Latin feminine of adjective lūcīnus , < lūc- , lūx light: see -ine suffix¹. 1. A midwife. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] midwifec1300 childwifea1387 midwomana1400 Lucinac1405 matron?a1425 grace-wifec1600 Mother Midnight1602 headswoman1615 handwoman1637 sage woman1672 howdie1725 accoucheur1727 granny1738 obstetrix1773 accoucheuse1795 dukun1817 fingersmith1819 wise woman1821 obstetrician1826 obstetrist1873 tocologist1902 birth attendant1910 S.C.M.1935 monitrice1969 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1227 But for hir child so longe was vnborn Ful pitously lucina gan she calle. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 10 Lucina, oh! Diuinest patrionesse, and my wife gentle To those that cry by night. 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 24 And now with second hope she goes, And calls Lucina to her throws. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 77 Death must be the Lucina of life. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 17 Neither..the nice attendance of Nursekeepers, nor the art of a dextrous Lucina. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xi. 70 A daughter of Lucina is put..over thy head. 2. By identification with Diana, put for: The moon. poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] moonOE Diana1398 Hecatec1420 lady of the night1480 luna?1499 Lucina?1504 Phoebe1600 queen of the night?1610 mother of months1613 noctiluca1623 Cynthia1645 Oliver?1747 star-queen1818 Paddy's lantern1834 parish lantern1847 night-sun1855 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.iii For Lucyna eke dyd her shrowde. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 184 Quhen gone to bed war Vesper and Lucyne. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 114 Lucina schyning in silence of the nycht. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. F2 ^v An hoast of blacke and sable cloudes, Gan to eclips Lucinas siluer face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1405
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