Vertĭcordĭa — Lewis & Short
Vertĭcordĭa, ae, f.verto-cor,
I 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.).
The corpus record — Latin
Verticordia
Verticordia · f
the Turner of hearts
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Where it lives
- Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- Verticordiae Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.15.12
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Verticordia (scan p. 750; entry #12528).
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