Dialis

Dĭālis, e, adj. [from Dis, in Diespiter = Iuppiter].

• Of or belonging to Jupiter: flamen, the priest of Jove (instituted by Numa, and the most distinguished of the flamines), Varr. L. L. 5, § 84; 6, § 16 Müll.; Fabius Pictor and Massurius Sabinus ap. Gell. 10, 15; Liv. 5, 52 fin.; Tac. A. 3, 58; Vell. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 1; Ov. F. 2, 282 et saep.; called also: Dialis sacerdos, Suet. Dom. 4.—Subst.: Dialis, Fab. Pict. l. l.; Tac. A. l. l.; Ov. F. 3, 397: conjux sancta Dialis, his wife (who sometimes had a part in the sacrificial ceremonies), Ov. F. 6, 226 (cf. also, flaminica): Diale flaminium, his office, Suet. Aug. 31: apex Dialis, his priest's cap, Liv. 6, 41 fin.—With a punning derivation from dies: Solent esse flamines diales, modo consules diales habemus, consuls for a day, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 7, 3, p. 211 Bip.; cf. id. 2, 2, p. 335 Bip.—*
• II Ethereal, aerial: viae, Ap. M. 6, p. 179, 18.

Diālis, e (Δίς = *Dis in Diespiter), I) zu Jupiter gehörig, Flamen Dialis, Cic. fr. u. Liv., od. sacerdos Dialis, Suet., od. bl. Dialis, Tac., der Eigenpriester Jupiters: Diale flaminium, dessen Würde, Amt, Suet.: apex Dialis, dessen Priestermütze, Liv. – Scherzh. im Doppelsinn auch = auf einen Tag (v. dies), ante flamines, nunc consules diales fiunt, Otacil. Pith. bei Macr. sat. 2, 2, 14 od. Cic. bei Macr. sat. 7, 3, 10. – II) meton., lustig, viae, Apul. met. 6, 15.

1 Dĭālis, (12) e, (cf. Diespiter), ¶ 1 de Jupiter : flamen Dialis Varro L. 5, 84 ; Gell. 10, 15, 1 ; Liv. 5, 52, ou subst^t Dialis Ov. F. 3, 397 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 58, prêtre de Jupiter ¶ 2 du prêtre de Jupiter : apex dialis Liv. 6, 41, bonnet du flamine ; diale flaminium Suet. Aug. 31, fonction de flamine de Jupiter ¶ 3 dialis, de lʼair, aérien : Apul. M. 6, 15.

Diālis e, adj.

• divus, for dīvālis, of Jupiter: flamen, the priest of Jove, L.: Flamen ad haec (sacra), O.—As subst: Dialis (sc. flamen), O.— Of the flamen Dialis: coniunx, O.