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Webster 1913 Edition

Patavinity

Patˊa-vin′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
patavinitas
, fr.
Patavium
: cf. F.
patavinité
]
The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; – so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy’s nativity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Patavinity

PATAVIN'ITY

,
Noun.
The use of local words, or the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; so denominated from Patavium or Padua, the place of his nativity.

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