suovetaurilia
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Suovetaurīlia
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin suovetaurīlia.
Noun
suovetaurilia (plural suovetaurilias)
- A religious rite of Ancient Rome, the triple sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull to the deity Mars in order to bless and purify land.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suovetaurīlia.
Pronunciation
Noun
suovetaurilia m pl
Related terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sūs (“pig”) + ovis (“sheep”) + taurus (“bull”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.o.u̯e.tau̯ˈriː.li.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.o.ve.tau̯ˈri.li.a/,
Noun
suovetaurīlia n pl (genitive suovetaurīlium); third declension
- (religion) The ritual sacrifice of a pig, a ram and a bull to the god Mars; suovetaurilia
- 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 141.1:
- Agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovitaurilia circumagi:
- It is necessary to purify the field like this. Order the suovetaurilia to be brought around :
- Agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovitaurilia circumagi:
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | suovetaurīlia |
| genitive | suovetaurīlium |
| dative | suovetaurīlibus |
| accusative | suovetaurīlia |
| ablative | suovetaurīlibus |
| vocative | suovetaurīlia |
Descendants
- → English: suovetaurilia, suovitaurilia (learned)
- → Italian: suovetaurilia (learned)
References
- suovetaurilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “suovetaurilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suovetaurilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “suovetaurilia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “suovetaurilia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin