vitulor

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

vītŭlor, āri,

v. dep. n. , to celebrate a festival , keep holiday , be joyful (ante-class. for exulto, gestio): is habet coronam vitulans victoriā, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 369 Müll. (Trag. v. 75 Vahl.): in venatu vitulantes, Naev. ap. Non. p. 14, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 9 Rib.): pontifex in sacris quibusdam vitulari solet, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 3, 2; cf.: Jovi opulento, incluto ... lubens vitulor, i. e. bring a thank-offering , Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 2.