Saturnalia
See also: saturnalia
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Sāturnālia, interpreted as the Latin equivalent of Portuguese carnaval (“Carnival (the period before Lent)”); so called because the genus was discovered in Brazil during Carnival.
Proper noun
edit†Saturnalia f
- A taxonomic genus within the order Saurischia – a dinosaur from the Triassic period.
Hypernyms
edit- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Saturnalia tupiniquim - the only species
References
edit- Saturnalia (dinosaur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Saturnalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Saturnalia at Paleobiology Database
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Sāturnālia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsætəˈneɪli.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌsætɚˈneɪli.ə/, /ˌsætɚˈneɪljə/
- Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun
editSaturnalia
- (historical) An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.
- Synonym: Saturnals
- 1913, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter 1, in The Age of Fable:
- Saturn was an ancient Italian deity. It was attempted to identify him with the Grecian god Cronos, and fabled that after his dethronement by Jupiter he fled to Italy, where he reigned during what was called the Golden Age. In memory of his beneficent dominion, the feast of Saturnalia was held every year in the winter season.
Related terms
editTranslations
editholiday to mark the winter solstice
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Further reading
edit- Saturnalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Sāturnus m (“Saturn”) + -ālia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saː.turˈnaː.li.a/, [s̠äːt̪ʊrˈnäːlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.turˈna.li.a/, [sät̪urˈnäːliä]
Proper noun
editSāturnālia n pl (genitive Sāturnālium or Sāturnāliōrum); third declension
- A festival of the winter solstice originally celebrated for three days beginning December 17th, but later extended to seven days.
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
plural | |
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nominative | Sāturnālia |
genitive | Sāturnālium Sāturnāliōrum |
dative | Sāturnālibus |
accusative | Sāturnālia |
ablative | Sāturnālibus |
vocative | Sāturnālia |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: saturnalia, Saturnalia
References
edit- “Saturnalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Saturnalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Saturnalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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