Lactans, Lacturnus
and LACTURCIA, Roman divinities, who were believed to protect the young fruits of the field. (
Serv. ad Aen. 1.315; August.
De Civ. Dei, 4.3.) Some believe that Lactans and Lacturcia are mere surnames of Ops, and that Lacturnus is a surname of Saturnus. (Hartung,
Die Relig. der Röm. vol. ii. pp. 129, 132.)
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