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LNS

Lārentia, Lārentiae

Ἀκκώ, cf. Sct. acca = mater, and the Gr. Ἀκκώ = mater Cereris

noun (f., 1^st declension)

the wife of the shepherd Faustulus, who nursed and brought up the twins Romulus and Remus
mother of the twelve
A companion of Camilla

Abbreviations

Acca, ae, f. cf. Sct. accā = mater, and the Gr. Ἀκκώ = mater Cereris. Lā-rentia, the wife of the shepherd Faustulus, who nursed and brought up the twins Romulus and Remus; mother of the twelve Arvales Fratres, Varr. L. L. 6, 23; Gell. 6, 7. In her honor the Romans celebrated in December a feast called Lārentālia, or Accālia (v. Larentia).

— A companion of Camilla, Verg. A. 11, 820.