Liavin´ia

daughter of Latīnus, betrothed to Turnus, king of the Rutuli. When Æne´as landed in Italy, Latin us made an alliance with him, and promised to give him Lavinia to wife. This brought on a war between Turnus and Æneas, that was decided by single combat, in which Æneas was the victor.—Virgil, Æneid . Lavinia , daughter of Titus Andron´icus, a Roman general employed against the Goths. She was betrothed to Ba ia´nus, brother of Saturn i us, emperor of Rome. Being defiled by the sons of Tam´ora, queen of the Goths, her hands were cut off and her tongue plucked out. At length her father, Titus, killed her, saying, “I am as woeful as Virgin i us was, and have a you sand times more cause than he to do this outrage.”—(?) Shakespeare, Titus Andron´icus (1593). In the play, Andronicus is always called An.dron´.i.kus , but in cla ic authors it is An.dro.nī.kus . Lavinia , sister of Lord Al´tamont, and wife of Horatio.—N. Rowe, The Fair Penitent (1703).