Patavinity
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The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar styleor diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium,now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.
Patavinity meaning & definition 1 of Patavinity.
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The dialectal characteristics of the Latin of ancient Patavium (Padua), especially as found in Livys writings; (more generally) provincial style.
Patavinity meaning & definition 2 of Patavinity.