Larentalia

Latin

Etymology

Lārentia +‎ -ālia

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lārentālia n pl (genitive Lārentālium); third declension

  1. A festival in Ancient Rome, celebrated on the 23rd of December, in honour of Acca Lārentia.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative Lārentālia
genitive Lārentālium
dative Lārentālibus
accusative Lārentālia
ablative Lārentālibus
vocative Lārentālia

Synonyms

  • (festival celebrated in honour of Acca Lārentia): Accālia, Lārentīnae, Lārentīnal, Lārentīnālia

References

  • Lārentālia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Larentalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Lārentālĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 888/2.
  • Lārentālia” on page 1,002/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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