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dark ; van, death. The common derivation of a non (rpexw,) muto ; is not so pal- 
pable, although she be inexorable. 
Clotho. The youngest of the Parce. She presided over the moment of birth, 
held the distaff, and spun the thread of life; whence her name xray, to spin ; 
vloécar, separating, loosing, spinning. 
Lachesis. One of the Parcze, whose name is said to be derived from Aayav, to mea- 
sure out by lot ; rather from lac, reckoning ; aoyr, of ages. She is represented spinning 
the thread of life; gojy, is repeated to signify the plural; the Phenician word 
would stand thus, Lac-aoyr-aoyrp—which is pronounced exactly as the Greek or Latin 
name. 
Priapus. The phallus. The godof generation. pyyob4yo, privacy, secrecy. 
Sancus. A deity of the Sabines. san, holy ; coy, foot. The holy foot. 
Sibille. The sybyls or fortune-telling women. sya, a fairy or witch ; beala, 
mouth. The women who foretold events. 
Sicheus, Shicharbus, or Acerbas. The husband of Dido, put to death by Pyg- 
malion. sSjozaé, 2mdolent, inactive. The latter name from his death. Sjcajpe, a 
motive, occasion, reason. Bay, for death ; acan, sour, bitter, or acayp, poison ; bar: 
death. 
Taautes. A Phenician deity, the same as the Saturn of the Latins, and probably 
the Thaut, or Thoth, the Mercury of the Egyptians. (Cic. de Nat. Deorum, 3 c. 22. 
Varro.) Teutates. ja, the god, Taat or Tait, the Celtic or Phenician god of 
trade, one of the deified heroes or patriarchs of the Phenician Gael. (See Gael and 
Cymbre, 225, &c.) Ta, pronounced tha, or thor, is being, God. Literally, am, I 
am, existence, “ Iam, has sent me unto you ;”’ cay, is merciful, clement, beneficent, 
compassionate. Thus we have Thortais, or Taautes, the merciful God. 
Triton. A sea deity, the son of Neptune ; powerful among the sea deities. Gpjaz, 
lord, sovereign, or king ; com, of the waves or billows. King or lord or prince of the 
billows. 
Venus. ‘The goddess of beauty, the mother of love, the queen of laughter, the 
mistress of the graces, and patroness of courtezans. Some mention more than one. 
Plato mentions two: Venus Urania, the daughter of Uranus ; and Venus Popularia, the 
daughter of Jupiter and Dione. Cicero speaks of four, a daughter of Coelus and 
Light ; one sprung from the froth of the sea, the third daughter of Jupiter and Dione ; 
and the fourth born at Tyre, the Astarte of the Phenicians. Of these the Venus 
sprung from the froth of the sea, after the mutilated parts of the body of Uranus 
had been thrown there by Saturn is most known. The name of this goddess is very 
apposite ; teay, the woman; aor, of the people or community ; pronounced /“anus, 
the prostitute, courtezan, or woman of the town. 
Vertumnus. The god who presided over spring, orchards, fruits, and village 
