Potina

A patron goddess of children who blessed the child's first drink. She is also called Potica1 and Potua.2 See also Edulica.

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From Latin potare, "to drink."

References

Notes

  1. Donatus, ap. Terence. Phormio i, 1.5.
  2. Arnobius, iii, 115.

Sources

  • Augustine. City of God, iv, 11.
  • Varro, ap. Nonius, 108, 19.