Nodotus

Or Nodutus, is said to have been a divinity presiding over the knots in the stem of plants producing grain; but it seems more probable that originally it was only a surname of Saturn.

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The name is derived from Latin nodus, "node" or "knot."

References

Sources

  • Arnobius. Adversus Nationes iv, 7.
  • Augustine. City of God iv, 8.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.