a. (sb.) [f. L. Lātōni-us f. Lātōna, a. Gr. (Æolic) Λᾱτων, (Doric) Λᾱτώ, (Attic) Λητώ: see -AN.] A. adj. Pertaining to Latona (= Gr. Leto), the mother of Apollo and Diana. B. sb. The Latonian: Apollo.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. iv. 538. Latonian Twins … why hide you so your shining Fronts?
1656. Blount, Glossogr., s.v., We use Latonian lights for the Sun and Moon (Latona’s children).
1819. Shelley, Lett., Prose Wks. 1880, IV. 82. A spectacle little suited to the antique and Latonian nature of the place. Ibid. (1820), Hymn to Mercury, lxxi. He … Subdued the strong Latonian, by the might Of winning music.
