Palici

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

Pălīci, ōrum (sing.: Pălīcus, i, m., Verg. A. 9, 585; Ov. P. 2, 10, 25), m.,

the sons of Jupiter and the nymph Thalia or Aetna; they were worshipped at Palica in Sicily , where were a temple and two lakes sacred to them , as enforcers of oaths , promoters of fertility , and as sea-gods , Macr. S. 5, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 9, 584: stagna Palicorum, Ov. M. 5, 406; Stat. Th. 12, 155.