Patella

Or Patellana, a Roman divinity, or perhaps, only a surname of Ops, by which she was described as unfolding or opening the stem of the corn plant, so that the ears might be able to shoot forth.

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Patellana numen est et Patella: ex quibus una est pateiactis, patefaciendis rebus altera praestituta.

References

Sources

  • Arnobius. Adversus Nationes iv, 1.
  • 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.