Libentina, Lubentina
or LUBENTIA, a surname of Venus among the Romans, by which she is described as the goddess of sexual pleasure (
dea libidinis, Varr.
de Ling. Lat. 5.6; Cic.
de Nat. Deor. 2.23; August.
de Civ. Dei, 4.8; Nonius, 1.324; Plaut.
Asin. 2.2. 2; Arnob.
ad v. Gent. i. p. 15, who however speaks of
Libentini dii.)
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