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Partula
according to Tertullian, was the goddess of pregnancy, who
determined the time of gestation. (Aulus Gellius, iii. c. 16.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Partula from Infoplease:
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