denicalis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dē- (“de-”) + nex (“death”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), Cicero’s etymology, or perhaps from dēnī (“ten each”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deː.niˈkaː.lis/, [d̪eːnɪˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.niˈka.lis/, [d̪eniˈkäːlis]
Adjective
[edit]dēnicālis (neuter dēnicāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (fēria, diēs) Set aside for mourning and purification from death.
- c. 43 BCE, Cicero, De Legibus, 2.22.55:
- denicales, quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia residentur mortuis
- the denicales, which are named from nex [death], because they are spent in idleness for the dead
Usage notes
[edit]The dēnicālēs were nine days of mourning observed after the burial of a family member, during which no work could be undertaken.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | dēnicālis | dēnicāle | dēnicālēs | dēnicālia | |
genitive | dēnicālis | dēnicālium | |||
dative | dēnicālī | dēnicālibus | |||
accusative | dēnicālem | dēnicāle | dēnicālēs dēnicālīs |
dēnicālia | |
ablative | dēnicālī | dēnicālibus | |||
vocative | dēnicālis | dēnicāle | dēnicālēs | dēnicālia |
References
[edit]- “denicalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- feriae denicales feriae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dyck, Andrew R. (2004) A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, pages 392–93