fetialium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fetialis, fetialis, fetiale:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of college/functions of fetiales (priests representing Rome diplomatically);
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →fetialis, fetialis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Roman priest/college of priests (pl.) representing Rome in diplomatic dealings;
gen. pl.
Examples
- G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...foedus in foro icit porca caesa ac vetere fetialium praefatione adhibita. Sed et haec et cetera totumque adeo..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...deinde M'. Acilius ex senatus consulto ad collegium fetialium rettulit, ipsine utique regi Antiocho indiceretur bellum, an satis..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...foedere acta res esset, praeterquam duorum fetialium non exstarent; et propter necessariam foederis dilationem obsides etiam sescenti equites..."