Dea Nutrix

noun

A pagan goddess taking the form of a nursing mother, known mainly from Roman Britain.

Meanings

nounDea Nutrix (plural Dea Nutrices)

plural Dea Nutrices · alternative dea nutrix

  1. historyA pagan goddess taking the form of a nursing mother, known mainly from Roman Britain.
    1. archaeologyA figurine (or other depiction) of such a goddess.
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