vicennalia
vicennalia noun: the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
Noun (1)
vicennalia (plural vicennalia or vicennalias)
- The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
- Apart from the Vicennalia, 136 was an eventful year for the imperial family: the serious illness of Hadrian in the spring, the adoption of Aelius in the summer and the death and consecration of Sabina at the end of the year.1971, P.V. Hill, "The Dating and Arrangement of Hadrian's COS III", Mints, Dies and Currency, p. 52
- The exact timing of the tenth and twentieth anniversaries, the decennalia and the vicennalia, has already been discussed at length. The most straightforward solution, that it took place on the emperor's dies imperii ten years after the accession, has its adherents. However, a date earlier in the...2005, Jakob Munk Højte, Roman Imperial Statue Bases from Augustus to Commodus, p. 157
- Synonyms:
- vicennial, vicennials
Noun (2) capitalized: Vicennalia
Vicennalia pl (plural only)
- Alternative letter-case form of vicennalia.
- Apart from the Vicennalia, 136 was an eventful year for the imperial family: the serious illness of Hadrian in the spring, the adoption of Aelius in the summer and the death and consecration of Sabina at the end of the year.1971, P.V. Hill, "The Dating and Arrangement of Hadrian's COS III", Mints, Dies and Currency, p. 52
Synonyms of vicennalia
Forms of vicennalia
| plural | vicennalia |
|---|---|
| plural | vicennalias |
| alternative form | Vicennalia |
Origin of vicennalia
From Latin vīcennālia, from vīcennium (“20-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from vicennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from vīciēs (“twenty each”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to vicennium + -alia.
Questions about vicennalia
- What does vicennalia mean?
- Vicennalia means the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
- What part of speech is vicennalia?
- Vicennalia is a noun.
- What is the plural of vicennalia?
- The plural of vicennalia is vicennalia.
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