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feralis

feralis, of a funeral, of funeral rites, of the dead, funereal

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

fērālis, e: (adj.), pertaining to the dead; funereal, funeral, 6.216; mournful, 4.462.

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feralium Adjective: neuter genitive plural, Adjective: masculine genitive plural, Adjective: feminine genitive plural of feralis

See feralium in Morpho

fērālis, e, adj. [fero, from the carrying of the dead in funeral procession; cf. ferculum; cf. also Fest., Varr., Ov. ll. c. infra and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 467],
  • of or belonging to the dead or to corpses, funereal (as an adj. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tu tamen exstincto feralia munera ferto, offerings to the dead, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 81: sacra, Luc. 1, 616: cupressus, Verg. A. 6, 216; Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 21; cf.: ferale decus, i.e. the cypress, Sil. 10, 535: vittae, Ov. Ib. 103: reliquiae, i.e. the ashes of the dead, Tac. A. 2, 75: ferali carmine bubo Visa queri, Verg. A. 4, 462: Enyo, Petr. 120, 62.—
    • B In partic., of or belonging to the festival of the dead (celebrated annually in the month of February): tunc, cum ferales praeteriere dies, the days of the festival of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 34: tempus, id. ib. 5, 486: mensis, i. e. February, Col. poët. 10, 191. —
      • 2 Subst.: Fĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., the general festival of the dead kept on the 17th or 21st of February, the feast of All Souls (cf.: inferiae, justa, pompa, exsequiae, funus): hanc, quia justa ferunt, dixere Fĕralia lucem: Ultima placandis Manibus illa dies, Ov. F. 2, 569: feralia ab inferis et ferendo, quod ferunt tum epulas ad sepulcrum, quibus jus ibi parentare, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; cf.: feralium diem ait Varro a ferendis in sepulcra epulis dici, Macr. S. 1, 4: feralia diis Manibus sacrata festa, a ferendis epulis, vel a feriendis pecudibus appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.: eodem die video Caesarem a Corfinio profectum esse, id est, Feralibus, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: diem finiri placuit Feralia, quae proxime fuissent, Liv. 35, 7, 3 Drak. N. cr.—
  • II Transf., in gen., deadly, fatal, dangerous = funestus: tune, Licha, dixit, feralia dona tulisti? Ov. M. 9, 214: arma, Luc. 2, 260; 374: bellum, Tac. H. 5, 25: papilio, Ov. M. 15, 374; cf.: papilio pestifer, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65: Idus Mart. ferales Caesari, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237: annus, Tac. A. 4, 64: tenebrae, id. ib. 2, 31: aula, a term applied to the abode of the great African serpent, Sil. 6, 216.—Comp.: feralior, Pacat. Pan. Theod. 46, 4.—Sup.: nefas feralissimum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, p. 23.—In neutr. adv.: ferale gemiscere, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 130.— Hence, adv.: fērālĭter, fatally (late Lat.): ut leo feraliter invadit, Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.

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