Rediculus

Rĕdĭcŭlŭs, i, m. [redeo],

• the name of a Roman divinity, worshipped in a chapel at Rome, before the porta Capena, whence Hannibal set out upon his retreat, Fest. p. 282, 23 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 283, 4 ib.: Campus Rediculi, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 12; v. Tutanus.

Rediculus, ī, m. (redeo), röm. Lar (lar), der die Umkehr Hannibals bewirkte (vgl. Prop. 3, 3, 11), verehrt in einer Kapelle vor der porta Capena (von wo Hannibal seinen Rückzug antrat), Rediculi fanum, Fest. 282 (a), 23: campus Rediculi, Plin. 10, 122.

Rĕdĭcŭlus, ī, m. (redeo), nom donné au dieu qui fit reculer (battre en retraite) Hannibal lors de la deuxième guerre Punique : P. Fest. 283 ; Plin. 10, 122.

Rediculus

a Roman divinity, who had a temple near the Porta Capena, and who was believed to have received his name from having induced Hannibal, when he was near the gates of the city, to return (redire) southward (Fest. p. 282, ed. Muller). A place on the Appian road, near the second mile-stone from the city, was called Campus Rediculi (Plin. Nat. 43.60.122 ; Propert. 3.3, 11). This divinity was probably one of the Lares of the city of Rome, for, in a fragment of Varro (apud Non. p. 47), he calls himself Tutanus, i. e., the god who keeps safe. [L.S]

Redicŭlus

A Roman deity who got his name from the belief that he induced Hannibal, when near the gates of Rome after his victory at Cannae, to return (redire) southward. On the Appian Way near the second mile-stone from the city was the Campus Rediculi; and the god had also a temple near the Porta Capena. He was probably one of the Lares of the city of Rome. See Festus, p. 282.