Querquetulanae

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noun

The nymphs of the oak grove.

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Meanings

nounQuerquetulanae pl (plural only)
  1. Romanpluralplural onlyhuman sciencesThe nymphs of the oak grove.

    They are partly associated with the Querquetulanae, the Roman nymphs of the oak grove.

    2019, Maria Papachristos, Muses - Nymphs - Other Gods, page 55
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    These Querquetulanae have an apparent, or barely possible, survival in the spirits called Querkeln in Bavaria.

    2002, Charles Godfrey Leland, Etruscan Roman Remains and the Old Religion, page 106

    There weren't demons or vampires or fairies or shellycoats or Querquetulanae or any of that stuff.

    2018, W. Stone Cotter, Saint Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures
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