Patella

Pătella and Pătellāna (Pă-telāna), ae, f. [pateo],

• a goddess that presiaed over the shooting of grain: Patellana numen est et Patella: ex quibus una est pateiactis, patefaciendis rebus altera praestituta, Arn. 4, 131: Patelana, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8.

2. Patella u. Patellāna (Patelāna), ae, f. (patesco), die die Saat im Schossen begünstigende Gottheit, Arnob. 4, 7. Augustin. de civ. dei 4, 8.