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Gender Feminine
Usage Roman Mythology
Meaning & History
In Roman legend this was another name of Larentia, the foster mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, and wife of the shepherd Faustulus. In her honour the Romans celebrated in December a feast called Larentalia or Accalia. This name also occurs in Virgil's Aeneid, belonging to a companion of Camilla.