solemnity
solemnity
subs.
P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ, τὸ σεμνόν.
Ceremony: see rite.
subs.
P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ, τὸ σεμνόν.
Ceremony: see rite.
SOLEMNITY
Gravity seriousness by circumlocution with the adjective.
A festive or formal celebration solemne (☞ solemnitas is late): caerimonia (a solemn religious ceremony): pompa (a solemn procession). To keep a festival with great solemnity *diem festum magno cum apparatu celebrare (☞ Tac. Hist. 2 95 1).
Gravity seriousness by circumlocution with the adjective.
A festive or formal celebration solemne (☞ solemnitas is late): caerimonia (a solemn religious ceremony): pompa (a solemn procession). To keep a festival with great solemnity *diem festum magno cum apparatu celebrare (☞ Tac. Hist. 2 95 1).
solemnity:
I. A religious, solemn rite: solemn games:
1. sollenne, n., Liv.: funeral s., funeris s., Tac. A. 12, 69, ad fin.: also in pl.: marriage s., sollennia nuptiarum, Suet. Ner. 28, ad med.: s. (Isidis), Prop. 2, 33, 1 (3, 31, 1): s. Quinquatruum, Suet. Ner. 34, ad med. Phr.: to celebrate a birth-day with great and unprecedented s., natalem diem ingenti paratu et ante illum diem insolito, Tac. H. 2, 95.
2. sollennitas (late, like sollenne): s. pristina (ludorum Isthmiorum), Sol. 7, 14: also in pl., dierum variae sollennitates, Gell. 2, 24, fin.: see alsoFESTIVITY , CEREMONY , CELEBRATION .
II. Sacredness (of a deity, temple, etc.):
1. relĭgio: propter singularem ejus fani r., Cic. Verr. 4, 44, 96: r. templorum, Tac. H. 1, 40, fin.
2. sanctĭtas: s. templi, Liv. 44, 29.
III. Awfulness; expr. by adj.: v.SOLEMN (III.).
IV. Gravity, seriousness, q. v.
I. A religious, solemn rite: solemn games:
1. sollenne, n., Liv.: funeral s., funeris s., Tac. A. 12, 69, ad fin.: also in pl.: marriage s., sollennia nuptiarum, Suet. Ner. 28, ad med.: s. (Isidis), Prop. 2, 33, 1 (3, 31, 1): s. Quinquatruum, Suet. Ner. 34, ad med. Phr.: to celebrate a birth-day with great and unprecedented s., natalem diem ingenti paratu et ante illum diem insolito, Tac. H. 2, 95.
2. sollennitas (late, like sollenne): s. pristina (ludorum Isthmiorum), Sol. 7, 14: also in pl., dierum variae sollennitates, Gell. 2, 24, fin.: see also
II. Sacredness (of a deity, temple, etc.):
1. relĭgio: propter singularem ejus fani r., Cic. Verr. 4, 44, 96: r. templorum, Tac. H. 1, 40, fin.
2. sanctĭtas: s. templi, Liv. 44, 29.
III. Awfulness; expr. by adj.: v.
IV. Gravity, seriousness, q. v.