Acca

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Acca, ae, f. [cf. Sct. accā = mater, and the Gr. Ἀκκώ = mater Cereris].

I Lārentĭa , 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 Lārentālĭa , or Accālĭa (v. Larentia).—

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