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inferiae, sacrifices in honor of the dead

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

īnferiae, ārum, f.: sacrifices to the Manes or powers below; funeral rites, 9.215. (īnferī, the powers of the lower world)
infĕrĭae, ārum, f. plur. [inferi],
  • sacrifices in honor of the dead (class.); nom., Ov. M. 13, 613; abl., id. Ib. 454: alicui inferias afferre, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.: absenti ferat inferias, Verg. A. 9, 215; so, referre, Hor. C. 2, 1, 28: alicui dare, Ov. F. 5, 422: mittere, id. M. 11, 381: accipere, id. ib. 8, 488: inferias alicui facere, Tac. H. 2, 95: inferias his annua religione instituit, Suet. Calig. 15; id. Claud. 11; id. Vit. 11 al.

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