Lalage
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Lalage is a female given name, of Latin origin. It may be used as follows.
People
- Lalage, for whom the Roman poet Horace professes his love in "Integer vitae," a famous poem in Carminum liber primusCarminum liber primusThe Odes are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. The Horatian ode format and style has been emulated since by other poets. Books 1 to 3 were published in 23 BC. According to the journal Quadrant, they were "unparalleled by any collection of lyric poetry produced before or...
- Lalage, the female lead of Poe's play PolitianPolitian (play)Politian is the only play known to have been written by Edgar Allan Poe, composed in 1835 but never completed.The play is a fictionalized version of a true event in Kentucky: the murder of Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam O. Beauchamp in 1825. The so-called "Kentucky Tragedy" became a national...
- Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland, wife of Hubert Acland and mother of Sir Antony Guy Acland, 5th BaronetSir Antony Guy Acland, 5th BaronetMajor Sir Antony Guy Acland, 5th Baronet , was the eldest son of Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet and Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland.-Succession:...
- Constance Lalage Thompson, wife of Edward WakefieldEdward WakefieldSir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....
and mother of Humphry WakefieldHumphry WakefieldSir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, of Kendal, in the County of Westmorland, better known as Sir Humphry Wakefield is an English baronet who succeeded his father, Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield in the baronetcy in 1969.... - Lalage, the child in John Fowles's novel The French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant’s Woman , by John Fowles, is a period novel inspired by the 1823 novel Ourika, by Claire de Duras, which Fowles translated into English in 1977...
In biology
- Lalage, the genus of the TrillerTriller (bird)The trillers are a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. Their name comes from the loud trilling calls of the males. There are about 12 species which occur in southern Asia and Australasia with a number of species on Pacific islands. They feed mainly on...
birds - Appias lalageAppias lalageSpot Puffin , Appias lalage is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
, a butterfly - Hyalella lalage, an amphipod of the genus HyalellaHyalellaHyalella is a genus of amphipods, containing the following species:*Hyalella anophthalma Ruffo, 1957*Hyalella araucana Grosso & Peralta, 1999*Hyalella armata *Hyalella azteca...
- Splendrillia lalageSplendrillia lalageSplendrillia lalage is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae....
, a sea snail - Mitrella lalage, a sea snail of the genus Mitrella (gastropod)
Other uses
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, an asteroid - Lalage, a boat in Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics - 6 MetreSailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics - 6 MetreThe 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 60 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed.- Results :...
and Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 metre class