proper noun
Lăra
Meaning
- daughter of the river-god Almo, a nymph whose tongue was cut out by Jupiter on account of her talkativeness, and who was worshipped in Rome under the name of
Lăra, ae, and Lărunda, ae, f.,
I. daughter of the river-god Almo, a nymph whose tongue was cut out by Jupiter on account of her talkativeness, and who was worshipped in Rome under the name of Tacita or Muta:
Lara, Ov. F. 2, 599 sq.: Larunda, Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Lact. 1, 20, 35; Aus. Idyll. ap. Monos. de Deis, 9.