Pietas
Pĭĕtas, ātis, f.,
- a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329.—
- II Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608.—
- III Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.
2 Pĭĕtās, (14) ātis, f. , Piété [déesse] : Cic. Leg. 2, 19 ; Div. 1, 98 ; Liv. 40, 34, 5.
Pietas
a personification of faithful attachment, love, and veneration among the Romans, where at first she had a small sanctuary, but in B. C. 191 a larger one was built (Plin. Nat. 7.36; V. Max. 5.4.7; Liv. 40.34). She is seen represented on Roman coins, as a matron throwing incense upon an altar, and her attributes are a stork and children. Pietas was sometimes represented as a female figure offering her breast to an aged parent. (Val. Max. l.c.; Zumpt, in the Class. Mus. vol. iii. p. 452.) [L.S]
Pietas
a surname of L. Antonius, consul B. C. 41. [Antonius, No. 14.]
Piĕtas
The Roman goddess typifying loyalty and devotion, especially to parents. She is depicted on coins as a matron offering incense; and her symbol is the stork (Pliny , Pliny H. N. vii. 121).