Verticordia

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

Vertĭcordĭa, ae, f. [verto-cor],

the Turner of hearts , an epithet of Venus, who was supposed to restrain maidens from unchastity, Val. Max. 8, 15, 12; Jul. Obseq. 97 (cf. Ov. F. 4, 157 sq.).