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Dēverra

Dēverra · f

the goddess of sweeping, that presided over the threshold of a house where a woman lay in child-bed, to protect her…

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What it meant

Dēverra — Lewis & Short

Dēverra, ae, f.deverro,

I 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.

Where it came from

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