Saturnalia
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See also: saturnalia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Sāturnālia, interpreted as the Latin equivalent of Portuguese carnaval (“Carnival (the period before Lent)”); so called because the genus was discovered in Brazil during Carnival.
Proper noun
†Saturnalia f
- A taxonomic genus within the order Saurischia – a dinosaur from the Triassic period.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order
Hyponyms
- (genus): Saturnalia tupiniquim - the only species
References
Saturnalia (dinosaur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Saturnalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Saturnalia at Paleobiology Database
English
Etymology
From Latin Sāturnālia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsætəˈneɪli.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌsætɚˈneɪli.ə/, /ˌsætɚˈneɪljə/
- Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun
Saturnalia
- (historical) An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.
- Synonym: Saturnals
- 1913, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter 1, in The Age of Fable:
- Saturn was an ancient Italian deity. It was attempted to identify him with the Grecian god Cronos, and fabled that after his dethronement by Jupiter he fled to Italy, where he reigned during what was called the Golden Age. In memory of his beneficent dominion, the feast of Saturnalia was held every year in the winter season.
Related terms
Translations
holiday to mark the winter solstice
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Further reading
- Saturnalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Sāturnus m (“Saturn”) + -ālia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saː.turˈnaː.li.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.turˈna.li.a/,
Proper noun
Sāturnālia n pl (genitive Sāturnālium or Sāturnāliōrum); third declension
- A festival of the winter solstice originally celebrated for three days beginning December 17th, but later extended to seven days.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sāturnālia |
| genitive | Sāturnālium Sāturnāliōrum |
| dative | Sāturnālibus |
| accusative | Sāturnālia |
| ablative | Sāturnālibus |
| vocative | Sāturnālia |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: saturnalia, Saturnalia
References
- “Saturnalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Saturnalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Saturnalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.