denicalis
Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“de-”) + nex (“death”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), Cicero’s etymology, or perhaps from dēnī (“ten each”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.niˈkaː.lis/, [d̪eːnɪˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.niˈka.lis/, [d̪eniˈkäːlis]
Adjective
dēnicālis (neuter dēnicāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (fēria, diēs) Set aside for mourning and purification from death.
- c. 43 BCE, Cicero, De Legibus, 2.22.55:
- denicales, quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia residentur mortuis
- the denicales, which are named from nex [death], because they are spent in idleness for the dead
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Usage notes
The dēnicālēs were nine days of mourning observed after the burial of a family member, during which no work could be undertaken.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dēnicālis | dēnicāle | dēnicālēs | dēnicālia | |
| Genitive | dēnicālis | dēnicālium | |||
| Dative | dēnicālī | dēnicālibus | |||
| Accusative | dēnicālem | dēnicāle | dēnicālēs dēnicālīs | dēnicālia | |
| Ablative | dēnicālī | dēnicālibus | |||
| Vocative | dēnicālis | dēnicāle | dēnicālēs | dēnicālia | |
References
- “denicalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- feriae denicales feriae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Dyck, Andrew R. (2004) A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, pages 392–93