suovetaurilia

English

Alternative forms

• suovitaurilia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin suovetaurīlia.

Noun

suovetaurilia (plural suovetaurilias)

1. A religious rite of Ancient Rome, the triple sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull to the deity Mars in order to bless and purify land.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suovetaurīlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.o.ve.tawˈri.lja/
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Hyphenation: su‧o‧ve‧tau‧rì‧lia

Noun

suovetaurilia m pl

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) suovetaurilia

Related terms

• suino
• ovino
• toro

Latin

Suovetaurīlia

Alternative forms

• suovitaurīlia, solitaurilia

Etymology

From sūs (“pig”) +‎ ovis (“sheep”) +‎ taurus (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /su.o.u̯e.tau̯ˈriː.li.a/, [s̠uou̯ɛt̪äu̯ˈriːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.o.ve.tau̯ˈri.li.a/, [suovet̪äu̯ˈriːliä]

Noun

suovetaurīlia n pl (genitive suovetaurīlium); third declension

1. (religion) The ritual sacrifice of a pig, a ram and a bull to the god Mars; suovetaurilia
   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 141.1:

     Agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovitaurilia circumagi: […]

     It is necessary to purify the field like this. Order the suovetaurilia to be brought around [the field]: […]

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	suovetaurīlia
Genitive	suovetaurīlium
Dative	suovetaurīlibus
Accusative	suovetaurīlia
Ablative	suovetaurīlibus
Vocative	suovetaurīlia

Descendants

• → English: suovetaurilia, suovitaurilia (learned)
• → Italian: suovetaurilia (learned)

References

• suovetaurilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “suovetaurilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suovetaurilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “suovetaurilia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “suovetaurilia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin