Patella

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

Pătella and Pătellāna (Pă-telāna), ae, f. [pateo],

a goddess that presiaed over the shooting of grain : Patellana numen est et Patella: ex quibus una est pateiactis, patefaciendis rebus altera praestituta, Arn. 4, 131: Patelana, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8.

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