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[Facts] The thing about Wikipedia . . .
. . . is that anyone can contribute to it. Mistakes or deliberately misleading statements are therefore only removed if someone with better knowledge notices them. This is probably the case with the Lavinia = Purity entry, which states no sources or background information.A quick check of an online Latin-English dictionary revealed no trace of Lavinia as a word, and gave "incontaminatus, putus, incorruptus, purus, caste, caste" as words relating to pure and purity. Another Latin resource gave the following words starting with lav- :lavabrum -i n. [a bath].
lavatio -onis f. [washing , bathing; bathing apparatus].
Lavinia -ae f. [daughter of Latinus , wife of Aeneas].
lavo lavare or lavere lavi lautum or lotum or lavatum [to wash , bathe; to moisten, wet; to wash away]. Hence partic. lautus -a -um, [washed]; hence [fine, elegant, sumptuous, refined]; adv. laute.I'd say it's safe to assume that BtN is correct on this one.

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Does Lavinia mean pure?  ·  kanine  ·  2/19/2006, 8:59 PM
Re: Does Lavinia mean pure?  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  2/20/2006, 1:05 PM
Re: Does Lavinia mean pure?  ·  lavinia  ·  3/8/2006, 12:50 PM
The thing about Wikipedia . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  2/19/2006, 9:50 PM