LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Anna Perenna

Meaning

  1. an old Italian goddess

Anna Perenna, ae, f.,
I. an old Italian goddess, the protector or bestower of the returning year (acc. to Macr. S. 1, 12, offerings were made to her, ut annare perennareque commode liceat, and hence her name); cf. Inscr. Orell. II. 1847; II. p. 412; in later times she was identified with 1. Anna; cf. Ov. F. 3, 654; Sil. 8, 50 sq.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyAnna PerennaAnna Perenna. a Roman divinity, the legends about whom are related by Ovid (Ov. Fast. 3.523, &c.) and Virgil. (Aen. iv.) According to them she was a d…

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What does Anna Perenna mean in Latin?
Anna Perenna, a proper noun, means “an old Italian goddess”.