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ANGERONA f Roman Mythology
Pronounced: an-je-RON-a
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. Angerona was the Roman goddess of the winter solstice, death, and silence.
In Latin a "g" is always pronounced a ga, never a ja. So wouldn't this name be An-ge-ron-a?Just curious.
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Not knowing how most of the names in the database are said, I've had to rely on other tools on the internet to supply me with the pronunciations.I probably got Angerona's from here - http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0317492.html - which probably gives the modern English pron. as opposed to the ancient Roman. At some point I will have to go through the ancient/mythology names and attempt to give both old and modern prons.
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Well, it does says "Roman" and "probably of Etruscan origin". So probably, that means it is not in Latin but a Low language that was in it's way to become any of the Romance Languages we know today. Being this Roman Mythology I guess it would be Low Italian(?) and then, that would explain the fact that it is prn. an-je-RON-a and not An-ge-ron-a, as in Italian the "ga" sound is spelled "gh" as in "Spaghetti" and the ja sound is spelled simple with a "g" as in "Giorgio".Just my wild guess...
Magia.
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I suppose this could be. I was just curious because she is listed in Classical Roman Mythology:The protecting deity of ancient Rome and a goddess of secrecy and of the winter solstice. Angerona is shown with a bandaged mouth with a finger to her lips commanding silence. Her feast -- the Divalia or Angeronalia -- was celebrated on December 21.I wondering because for my Latin class I was considering doing her for a classical Roman mythology mask.
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AngeronaNot at all sure how popular (well-used?) she was, but nowadays ocnventional wisdom in the Latin class is that the -ng- combination was pronounced -ny- in the same was as the -gn- in Champagne.Anyerona?
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