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Acca , ae, f. cf. Sct. accā = mater, and the Gr. Ἀκκώ = mater Cereris.
I. -rentĭa , the wife of the shepherd Faustulus, who nursed and brought up the twins Romulus and Remus; mother of the twelve Arvales Fratres, Varr. L. L. 6, 23; Gell. 6, 7. In her honor the Romans celebrated in December a feast called Lārentālĭa, or Accālĭa (v. Larentia).—
II. A companion of Camilla, Verg. A. 11, 820.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.820
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 6.7
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