Floralia

English

Proper noun

Floralia

1. (historical) An ancient Roman festival in honor of the goddess Flora, held on April 27 during the Republican era, or April 28 in the Julian calendar.

Latin

Etymology

From Flōra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /floːˈraː.li.a/, [fɫ̪oːˈräːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /floˈra.li.a/, [floˈräːliä]

Proper noun

Flōrālia n pl (genitive Flōrālium); third declension

1. A festival in Ancient Rome.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Flōrālia
Genitive	Flōrālium
Dative	Flōrālibus
Accusative	Flōrālia
Ablative	Flōrālibus
Vocative	Flōrālia

Descendants

• Romanian: Florii

References

• “Floralia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Floralia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

• Floralia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia