Deverra

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

Dēverra, ae, f. [deverro],

the goddess of sweeping, that presided over the threshold of a house where a woman lay in child-bed, to protect her against Sylvanus , acc. to Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. D. 6, 9; cf. Voss. ad Verg. Ecl. 10, 24.