natalicius

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

nātālīcĭus, -tĭus, a, um, adj. [1. natalis],

I of or belonging to the hour or day of one's birth, birthday, natal (class.): qui haec Chaldaeorum natalicia praedicta defendunt, a casting of nativities , Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: sidera, id. ib. 2, 43, 91: dapes, Mart. 7, 86, 1: lardum, Juv. 11, 84: sinciput, Petr. 136; Pers. 1, 16: dies natalicius, Vulg. Gen. 40, 20.—Hence,

II Subst .

A nātālīcĭ-um ( -tĭum ), ii, n., a birthday present : aliquid natalicii titulo tibi mittere, Censor. de Die Nat. 1.—

B nātālīcĭa , ae, f. (sc. cena), a birthday entertainment : hodie non descendit Antonius. Cur? Dat nataliciam in hortis, Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15 (so acc. to Cod Vat.; others natalicia, as n. plur.).

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