A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

and LACTURCIA, Roman divinities, who were believed to protect the young fruits of the field. (Serv. ad Aen. 1.315; August. De Civ. Dei, 4.3.) Some believe that Lactans and Lacturcia are mere surnames of Ops, and that Lacturnus is a surname of Saturnus. (Hartung, Die Relig. der Röm. vol. ii. pp. 129, 132.)

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