Herentas

Paelignian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *Herentฤts, itself possibly from the root Proto-Indo-European *gสฐer-, whence also Latin horior. The term is also related to Marrucinian herentatia and Oscan herentateis.

Proper noun

Herentas (nominative singular)

  1. Herentas, an Italic goddess

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, โ†’ISBN, page 289