Pietas
Pĭĕtas, ātis, f.,
- a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329.—
- II Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608.—
- III Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.
2 Pĭĕtās, (14) ātis, f. , Piété [déesse] : Cic. Leg. 2, 19 ; Div. 1, 98 ; Liv. 40, 34, 5.
Piĕtas
The Roman goddess typifying loyalty and devotion, especially to parents. She is depicted on coins as a matron offering incense; and her symbol is the stork (Pliny , Pliny H. N. vii. 121).