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Patella

or PATELLA'NA, a Roman divinity, or perhaps, only a surname of Ops, by which she was described as unfolding or opening the stem of the corn plant, so that the ears might be able to shoot forth. (August. De Civ. Dei, 4.8; Arnob. Adv. (Gent. 4.1.) [L.S]

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