Acidalia

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

Ăcīdălĭa, ae, f., = Ἀκιδαλία,

I an epithet of Venus , perhaps from the Fountain Acidalius, in Boeotia, where the Graces, daughters of Venus, used to bathe, Verg. A. 1, 720 Serv.

II —Hence, Ăcīdălĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Venus : ludit Acidalio nodo, with the girdle of Venus , Mart. 6, 13: arundo, id. 9, 14: ales, i. e. a dove , Carm. ad Pis. 79.

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