fērĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [feriae],
I to rest from work , to keep holiday (in the verb. finit. ante- and post-class. and very rare for ferias habere, agere; but class. in the P. a.): Achilles ab armis feriabatur, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7: non fuerunt feriati, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: male feriatos Troas, keeping festival at an unseasonable time , Hor. C. 4, 6, 14: animus feriaturus, Sid. Ep. 9, 11 med. : sabatho etiam a bonis operibus, Ambros. in Luc. 5, § 39.
II —Hence, fē-rĭātus , a, um, P. a., keeping holiday , unoccupied , disengaged , at leisure , idle.
A Prop.: familia, Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 4: Deum sic feriatum volumus cessatione torpere, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 102: feriatus ne sis, be not idle , Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 62: voluntate sua feriati a negotiis publicis, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58: feriatus ab iis studiis, in quae, etc., Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 2: meditatio argutiarum, in qua id genus homines consenescunt male feriati quos philosophos vulgus esse putat, with leisure ill employed , Gell. 10, 22, 24: toga feriata, long disused , Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—
B Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things (very rare): machaera feriata, unemployed , idle , Plaut. Mil. 1, 7; so, toga, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 2: freta, quiet , still , Prud. στεφ. 6, 156: dies feriatus, a holiday , Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 6; 10, 24, 3; Dig. 2, 12, 2; 6; 9.