Praestana

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

Praestāna, ae, f. [2. praesto],

the goddess of excellence , who was worshipped because Romulus had surpassed all others in throwing javelins: Praestana est, ut perhibetis, dicta, quod Quirinus in jaculi missione cunctorum praestiterit viribus, Arn. 4, 128.