dē-nĭcālis (in MSS. also written denec-), e, adj. [nex],
purifying from death; feriae or dies, a funeral solemnity among the Romans for the purification of the family of the deceased : nec vero tam denicales, quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia resident mortui, quam ceterorum celestium quieti dies feriae nominarentur, nisi, etc,