suovetaurilia

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin suovetaurīlia.

Noun

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suovetaurilia (plural suovetaurilias)

  1. 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin suovetaurīlia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /su.o.ve.tawˈri.lja/
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Hyphenation: su‧o‧ve‧tau‧rì‧lia

Noun

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suovetaurilia m pl

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) suovetaurilia
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Latin

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Suovetaurīlia

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Etymology

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From sūs (pig) +‎ ovis (sheep) +‎ taurus (bull).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suovetaurīlia n pl (genitive suovetaurīlium); third declension

  1. (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 [the field]: []

Declension

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

Case Plural
Nominative suovetaurīlia
Genitive suovetaurīlium
Dative suovetaurīlibus
Accusative suovetaurīlia
Ablative suovetaurīlibus
Vocative suovetaurīlia

Descendants

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  • English: suovetaurilia, suovitaurilia (learned)
  • Italian: suovetaurilia (learned)

References

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  • 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