&raquo more... Well aware of both the continuity and contingency of human affairs, Adams and Madison searched the works of Tacitus and Voltaire and Locke like carpenters rummaging through their assortment of tools, knowing that all the pediments were jury-rigged, all the provisional, all the alliances temporary.
[ 3 syll. li-via, liv-ia ] The baby girl name Livia is pronounced as L IH V-iy-aa- â . Livia is of Old Norse, Latin, and Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, German, Hebrew, and Italian. Latin origin: It is derived from the word lividus which is of the meaning 'bluish, lead-colored'.orms of Livia include the Hebrew Levia, the name Livi, the name Livie, the name Livya, the name Lyvi, and the name Lyvia. Livia is somewhat popular as a baby girl name.
Lucretia /lu-cre-tia/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced loo-KREE-shah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Lucretia is succeed. Also possibly of Etruscan origin and of uncertain meaning. The name of a Roman matron who committed suicide in public protest against dishonor.