tubilustrium

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

tŭbĭlustrĭum or tŭbŭlustrĭum, ii, n. [tuba-lustro],

a festival held on the 23d of March and 23d of May , when the trumpets used at sacrifices were purified , the feast of trumpets : dies tubulustrium appellatur, quod eo die in atrio sutorio sacrorum tubae lustrantur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 14 Müll. (cf. Ov. F. 3, 849).—Also plur.: tubilustria, Ov. F. 5, 725; cf. Fest. p. 352 Müll.

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