Agonalia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ăgōnālĭa, ĭum or ōrum (like Saturnalia, Parentalia, etc.), n.,

a festival in honor of Janus , celebrated in Rome on the 9 th of Jan. (V. Id. Jan.) and 21 st of May (XII. Kal. Jun.).—Different derivations of the word were given by the ancients, concerning which see Ov. F. 1, 319-332. Ovid, in l. c., derives it from agonia, q. v. For other etym., v. the foll. art., and under agonium.