Dĭālis, e, adj. [from Dis, in Diespiter = Iuppiter].
I Of or belonging to Jupiter : flamen, the priest of Jove (instituted by Numa, and the most distinguished of the flamines), Varr. L. L. 5, § 84; 6, § 16 Müll.; Fabius Pictor and Massurius Sabinus ap. Gell. 10, 15; Liv. 5, 52 fin. ; Tac. A. 3, 58; Vell. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 1; Ov. F. 2, 282 et saep.; called also: Dialis sacerdos, Suet. Dom. 4.—Subst.: Dialis, Fab. Pict. l. l.; Tac. A. l. l.; Ov. F. 3, 397: conjux sancta Dialis, his wife (who sometimes had a part in the sacrificial ceremonies), Ov. F. 6, 226 (cf. also, flaminica): Diale flaminium, his office , Suet. Aug. 31: apex Dialis, his priest's cap , Liv. 6, 41 fin. —With a punning derivation from dies: Solent esse flamines diales, modo consules diales habemus, consuls for a day , Cic. ap. Macr. S. 7, 3, p. 211 Bip.; cf. id. 2, 2, p. 335 Bip.—*
II Ethereal, aerial : viae, Ap. M. 6, p. 179, 18.