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in reply to a message by cindy b
I would guess that it is related to the word cidadela which means 'citadel', which can be traced back to the Latin civatas (city) and civis (citizen). If so, Cidalia means 'citizen' or 'urban dweller'.
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I'm still trying to figure this one out...it's my name. I've come up with websites (Portuguese) that say it's derived from the Greek "Kidalia", meaning something like "of the fountain". I also came across the Latin "Acidalia", apparently another name for Venus, the goddess of love.
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A misunderstanding. the fons Acidalia is the spring where Venus' daughters (in some traditions), the Graces bathe. It has no known meaning. Virgil, and Virgil only, refers to Venus or mater Acidalia (i.e. Venus or mother of Acidalia). Servius speculates that Acidalia is connected to a Greek word for arrow, the Greek word he is referring to being the ακίδες (akides), lit. "splinters" of Cupid. Acidalia or Cidalia is Latin, not Greek though.
This message was edited 9/11/2018, 11:55 PM
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"of the fountain".
John 4:14 NASBS
[14] but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
A fountain of Holy Spirit welling up inside.
John 4:14 NASBS
[14] but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
A fountain of Holy Spirit welling up inside.
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