Larentalia

Latin

Etymology

Lārentia +‎ -ālia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laː.renˈtaː.li.a/, [ɫ̪äːrɛn̪ˈt̪äːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.renˈta.li.a/, [lären̪ˈt̪äːliä]

Proper noun

Lārentālia n pl (genitive Lārentālium); third declension

1. A festival in Ancient Rome, celebrated on the 23rd of December, in honour of Acca Lārentia.

Declension

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

Case	Plural
Nominative	Lārentālia
Genitive	Lārentālium
Dative	Lārentālibus
Accusative	Lārentālia
Ablative	Lārentālibus
Vocative	Lārentālia

Synonyms

• (festival celebrated in honour of Acca Lārentia): Accālia, Lārentīnae, Lārentīnal, Lārentīnālia

References

• “Lārentālia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Larentalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Lārentālĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 888/2.
• “Lārentālia” on page 1,002/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• Larentalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Larentalia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la