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.
Patella
or Patella'na, a Roman divinity, or perhaps, only a surname of Ops, by which she was described as unfolding or opening the stem of the corn plant, so that the ears might be able to shoot forth. (August. De Civ. Dei, 4.8; Arnob. Adv. (Gent. 4.1.) [L.S]