denicalis

dē-nĭcālis (in MSS. also written denec-), e, adj. [nex],

• purifying from death; feriae or dies, a funeral solemnity among the Romans for the purification of the family of the deceased: nec vero tam denicales, quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia resident mortui, quam ceterorum celestium quieti dies feriae nominarentur, nisi, etc, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; Cinc. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4; Col. 2, 22, 5; Paul. ex Fest. p. 70, 9, and Fest. p. 242, 29 Müll. (v. Wordsworth Fragm. and Specim. p. 558).

dēnicālis (dānecālis), e (de u. nex), den Tod betreffend, feriae, das zu Ehren eines Verstorbenen angeordnete Fest, das Totenfest (an dem sich die hinterbliebene Familie reinigte, s. Paul. ex Fest. 70, 9), Cincius or. fr. bei Gell. 16, 4, 4. Cic. de legg. 2, 55. Col. 2, 21, 5. Fest. p. 242 (b), 29 (wo denecales).

dēnicālis e, adj.

• de + nex, purifying from death: feriae, a service for purification, after a death in the household.