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Patavinity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The use of local words, or the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; so denominated from Patavium or Padua, the place of his nativity.

Patavinity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.