Mater Turrita

[too-ree-tuh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Roman Religion.

Cybele.

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Many times they are termed "mother of the gods" and "mother of men"; Cybele is sometimes represented as a woman advanced in pregnancy or as a woman with many breasts; Rhea, or Cybele, as the hill-enthroned protectress of cities, was styled Mater turrita.