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Daughter of Latinus, betrothed to Turnus, King of the Rutuli. When Æneas landed in Italy, Latinus made an alliance with the Trojan hero, and promised to give him Lavinia to wife. This brought on a war between Turnus and Æneas, which was decided by single combat, in which Æneas was victor. (Virgil Æneid.)
In the play the word is accented Andronicus not Andronicus.
From the rich Lavinian shore I your market coine to store.
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