Cardea

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

Cardĕa or Carda, ae, f.,

a goddess who presided over the hinges of doors (i. e. over family life ), Tert. adv. Gnost. 10; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8; Cypr. Idol. Van. 2; cf. Carna.