Acca

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Acca: ae, f. cf. Sct. accā = mater, and the Gr. Ἀκκώ = mater Cereris.
I Lā-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.