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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...
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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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