patavinity

English

Etymology

From Latin patavinitas, from Patavium (now Padua), where Livy was born. Compare French patavinité.

Noun

patavinity (usually uncountable, plural patavinities)

1. (Ancient Greece) The use of local or provincial words

   Livy, the Roman historian was often accused of patavinity.

See also

• Paduanism

References

• “patavinity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.