Category:Patavinity

Pat`a*vin"i*ty, n. Etym: [l. patavinitas, fr. Patavium: cf. F. Patavinité]

Defn: 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.