Rediculus

Latin Etymology Either from la redeō -ulus return diminutive suffix or an alteration of la rīdiculus, depending on how one chooses to analyse the god. Pronunciation Rediculus Proper noun Rediculus<2> la Roman god a minor god of ambiguous patronage: either a tutelary god of returning or one of laughter. 282 23 Rediculī fānum extrā portam Capēnam Cornificius . . . . . . . statuit proptereā appellātum esse, quod accēdēns ad urbem Hannibal ex eō locō redierit, quibusdam vīsīs perterritus. Cornificius . . . . . . . established that the altar of Rediculus outside the Porta Capena is so called, because Hannibal nearing the City returned from that place, scared away by certain visions. Declension Rediculus<2> References Rediculus en