feralis

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

fērālis e, adj.

1 FER-, of a funeral, of funeral rites, of the dead, funereal : munera, for the dead , O.: cupressus, V.: vittae, O.: carmen, V.: umbra, as of death , Ta.: papilio (often on tombs, as symbol of the soul), O.: dies, of the festival of the dead (celebrated in February), O.— Neut. plur . as subst, the festival of the dead (on the 17th or 21st of February), C., L., O.— Deadly, fatal, dangerous : dona, O.

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