Querquetulanae

[3] Since the Querquetulanae are the nymphs of the sacred oak grove (querquetum), the word stems from Latin quercus, meaning 'oak'.

[5] Festus says that virae in archaic Latin meant feminae, 'women', as if it were the feminine form of vir, 'man', and that the words virgines (singular virgo) and viragines (virago) reflect this older usage.

[7] A denarius issued by Publius Accoleius Lariscolus around 43–41 BC has sometimes been thought to represent the Querquetulanae on its reverse side.

Cook interpreted the three female figures on the reverse as "archaistic caryatids" bearing a beam on which five trees are supported.

[16] As indicated by inscriptions, in general Lares and nymphs might be the joint recipients of cultus in Italy and share the same sacred space.