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noun

Ăcīdălĭa

gen. Ăcīdăliae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
= Ἀκιδαλία
an epithet of Venus; pertaining to Venus; a dove •
an epithet of Venus, perhaps from the Fountain Acidalius, in Boeotia, where the Graces, daughters of Venus, used to bathe, Verg. A. 1, 720 Serv.—Hence, ăcīdălĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Venus: ludit Acidalio nodo, with the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 13: arundo, id. 9, 14: ales, i. e. a dove, Carm. ad Pis. 79.
Perseus ID: n511 Key: Acidalia