Agonalis

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

Ăgōnālis, e, adj.,

pertaining to the Agonalia (cf. preced. art.): dies Agonales, per quos rex in regiā arietem immolat; dicti ab Agone (the leader, the chief), eo quod interrogatur a principe civitatis et princeps gregis immolatur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.: Janus Agonali luce piandus erit, Ov. F. 1, 318.

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