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frodos

frodos [erron. backformation fromAphrodite, cf. ἀφρός] , foam of the sea. sexta feria, i. e. Fridai, a frodos que est spuma maris dicitur, unde nata est Venus M. Par. Maj. I 343 in marg. (cf. ib. 403: sextam feriam, sc. Fridai, a Freadea vel a frodos, quod est spuma maris, unde ‥ nata est Venus dea amoris); Frea, ut volunt quidam, idem est quod Venus, et dicitur Frea, quasi Froa, a frodos quod est spuma maris, de qua nata est Venus secundum fabulas Ciren. I 11.

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