Lara

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.