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Origin of the name ACCA.
Etymology of the
name ACCA.
Meaning of the baby name ACCA.
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ACCA.
m. Anglo-Saxon name derived from the vocabulary word aec,
meaning "oak."
... The reason why a man
was called after the ash tree is explained on mythological grounds,... Nor is it difficult to conceive why a man should be called after
the oak, the emblem of stability and strength. This seems to be the
origin of several ancient Saxon names, as Æcca, or Æcci, bishop of the
East Angles, Acca, bishop of Hexham, Ecca and Occa in the royal line of
Northumberland. All these seem to be from Ang.-Sax. ác,
aec, Old Norse eyk, Dutch aik, eek, an oak. (English
Surnames, and Their Place in the Teutonic Family, Ferguson, 1858)
ACCA.
f. Latin name rendered "mother" by most authors,
but it may actually mean "cow." See note below.
The wife of Faustulus was named Acca Laurentia. In Acca, when
we aspirate its first letter, we see Hacca, which cannot differ
from vacca any more than hesper can from vesper; and
as vacca means a cow, this may account for any one so called
being the wife of a pastor or cowkeeper. (Origin of Language and Myths,
Kavanagh, 1871)
ACCA. Sister and companion of Camilla, queen of the Volsci. Besides
this Acca there was ACCA LAURENTIA, wife to Faustulus the shepherd
of Numitor, and nurse to Romulus and Remus. She is represented as
not less conspicuous for the beauty of her person than her salaciousness
of manners, which procured her the name of Lupa or She-wolf.
Divine honours were decreed her by the Romans, and a festival instituted
under the name of Laurentalia, which, according to Varro, was
celebrated in April; or, as Ovid says, in December. This difference
as to time, may, however, be accommodated by Plutarch. He mentions a
festival, in honour of a courtezan of the same name, who having married a
rich old man, bequeathed her estate to the people by will. These
feasts were called Accalia. (Bell's New Pantheon, 1790)
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