Dercetis

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

Dercĕtis, is, and Dercĕto, ūs, f., Δερκίτις and Δερκετώ,

a Syrian goddess, called also Atargatis, supposed to be the same with the Greek Aphrodite , Ov. M. 4, 45; Hyg. Fab. 223; Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.