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Patavinity|pætəˈvɪnɪtɪ|
[ad. L. patavīnitās, f. Patavīn-us of or pertaining to Patavium, now Padua, the birth-place of the Roman historian Livy.]
The dialectal characteristics of Patavium or Padua, as shown in Livy's writings; hence gen. provincialism in style; also an instance of this, a provincial word or usage. (Cf. Paduanism.)
1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders ⁋iij b, Find Solœcismes in Tullie, and I know not what Patauinitie in Livie. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2) s.v., Livy was censured by Asinius for Patavinity in his writings, by which was meant that he had too much used the phrases or affectations of Padua, and neglected those of Rome. 1745H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 54 None of the critics could make out what Livy's Patavinity is. a1814J. Ramsay Scot. & Scotsmen in 18th C. (1888) II. xvi. 544 If a few Patavinities in phraseology or pronunciation..escaped them. 1830Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 140 Such critics as those who exulted over the Patavinity of the Roman historian. |