Saturnalia

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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.

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Saturnalia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the order Saurischia – a dinosaur from the Triassic period.

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From Latin Sāturnālia.

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Saturnalia

  1. (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.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sāturnus +‎ -ālia.

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Sāturnālia n pl (genitive Sāturnālium or Sāturnāliōrum); third declension

  1. A festival of the winter solstice originally celebrated for three days beginning December 17th, but later extended to seven days.

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

Case Plural
Nominative Sāturnālia
Genitive Sāturnālium
Sāturnāliōrum
Dative Sāturnālibus
Accusative Sāturnālia
Ablative Sāturnālibus
Vocative Sāturnālia

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  • English: saturnalia, Saturnalia

References[edit]

  • 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