Note 2171 — BOOK XXVIII. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
John Bostock translation
This divinity was identical with Mutinus or Tutinus, and was worshipped under the form of a phallus, the male generative organ. As the guardian of infants, his peculiar form is still unconsciously represented in the shape of the coral bauble with which infants are aided in cutting their teeth.