Angitia

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

Angĭtĭa, ae, f.,

sister of Medea and Circe , who received divine honors from the Marsi , Verg. A. 7, 759 (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 750, Medea herself ); Sil. 8, 498; Inscr. Orell. 115; 116; 1846.—Hence, Nemus Angitiae, the region consecrated to Angitia , near Lucus , in the Marsian territory , now Luco , Verg. l. c.; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 515.