a religious usage

rītus, ūs ( gen. rituis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 30; abl. rite nefasto, Stat. Th. 11, 285; v. rite), m. [etym. unknown], orig. belonging to relig. lang.

Lit., the form and manner of religious observances; a religious usage or ceremony, a rite (cf. caerimonia):

Graeco ritu sacra non Romano facere,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.:

sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

Liv. 1, 7:

quo haec privatim et publice modo rituque flant, discunto ignari a publicis sacerdotibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; cf.:

morem ritusque sacrorum Adiciam,

Verg. A. 12, 836:

de more rituque priscae religionis,

Suet. Tit. 5:

ex patriis ritibus optuma colunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; 2, 16, 40:

tempestates, quae populi Romani ritibus consecratae sunt,

id. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

regina dei (sc. Bacchi) Ritibus instruitur,

Ov. M. 6, 591:

sacrificos docuit ritus,

id. ib. 15, 483:

profanos ritus exuere,

Tac. A. 2, 85 fin.:

lustrari magico ritu,

Ov. M. 10, 398.—

Transf., in gen., a custom, usage, manner, mode, way:

ritus, mos vel consuetudo,

Fest. p. 273 Müll.; cf. id. p. 289 ib.

Usually in abl. sing. and with a foll. gen., after the usage, wont, manner, or fashion of any thing.

With gen.:

more ferarum Quadrupedumque ritu,

Lucr. 4, 1265:

qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

pecudum, ferarumque,

Liv. 3, 47; 5, 44; Quint. 8, 3, 81; Ov. M. 6, 717; 15, 222:

latronum vivere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

juvenum,

Hor. A. P. 62:

Lucili,

id. S. 2, 1, 29:

Herculis (petiisse laurum),

id. C. 3, 14, 1; cf.

Dianae (cincta, etc.),

Ov. M. 1, 695; 9, 89; 10, 536:

fluminis,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 34:

tempestatis,

id. S. 2, 3, 268:

non hominis sed accipitris,

Just. 27, 2, 8:

volucri ritu flammarum,

Lucr. 1, 1102.—

With adj.:

haec mulier cantherino ritu astans somniat,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 46:

ritu barbarico esse,

id. Cas. 3, 6, 19:

res quaeque suo ritu procedit,

Lucr. 5, 923:

novo Sublime moliar atrium,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

aleatorio,

Gell. 18, 13, 6; cf.:

rancida quo perolent projecta cadavera ritu,

in the way that, such as, Lucr. 6, 1157.—

In other cases (mostly poet. and post-Aug.), habit, custom, usage:

cognosse Sabinae Gentis ritus,

Ov. M. 15, 5:

referre Cyclopum,

id. ib. 15, 93:

humanos,

id. ib. 9, 500:

in alienos ritus mores legesque verti,

Liv. 24, 3, 12:

ritus dissimiles habuere duo examina apium,

Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23:

moresque tractamus innumeros,

id. 7, 1, 1, § 6:

externas caerimonias, Aegyptios Judiacosque ritus compescuit,

Suet. Tib. 36; Sil. 15, 40:

de ritu nuptiarum,

Dig. 23, tit. 2. [p. 1597]

rītĕ, adv. [perh. an old abl. form collat. with ritu, as, on the other hand, diu with die, and noctu with nocte; subst. rite = ritu, is now found only in rite nefasto libatus, Stat. Th. 11, 285].

Lit., according to religious ceremonies or observances; and pregn., with due religious observances or rites, according to religious usage:

nocturna mulierum sacrificia ne sunto praeter olla quae pro populo rite fient,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21:

rite veteres, rite etiam vestri coluere divos, id. poët. Div. 1, 13, 21: neque duobus nisi certis deis rite una hostia fieri,

Liv. 27, 25, 9:

exsequiis rite solutis,

Verg. A. 7, 5:

centum mactabat rite bidentes,

id. ib. 7, 93:

deos apprecati,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 28:

Latonae puerum canentes,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37:

rebus divinis perpetratis,

Liv. 1, 8:

pecora sacrificant,

id. 41, 18:

votum solvi,

id. 31, 9:

templa sacerdotum rite dicata manu,

Ov. F. 1, 610.—

Transf., in gen., in a proper or just manner; fitly, duly, rightly, aright, well:

quod fit rite id ratum ac rectum est,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.: rite significat bene ac recte, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 ib.: idque ut rite intellegas te facere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 193 P.: hunc deum rite beatum dixerimus, rightly, with justice or reason, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so,

habere,

id. ib. 2, 24, 62:

appellari,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Ov. M. 3, 264; 14, 433 al.:

creatus tribunus,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

rebus paratis,

Verg. A. 4, 555:

memor,

id. ib. 5, 25:

aperire partus,

Hor. C. S. 13:

mens rite Nutrita,

id. C. 4, 4, 25:

si maxima Juno Rite vocor,

Ov. M. 3, 264; id. H. 7, 108:

QVON RITE RECTE DE FINIBVS CVM VELIENS. ACTVM SIT,

Inscr. Orell. 137:

deos veneror, Ut, quod de meā re huc veni, rite venerim,

at the right time, fortunately, Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 18; Verg. A. 10, 254:

Nymphas venerabar, Rite secundarent visus,

id. ib. 3, 36.—

In the usual way, manner, or fashion; according to custom or usage:

retinentes pocula rite,

Lucr. 1, 495:

campestres Scythae, Quorum plaustra vagas rite trahunt domos,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 10:

religatos rite videbat Carpere gramen equos,

Verg. A. 9, 352. —

Esp., in the manner or form prescribed by law, legally, formally, solemnly:

hic enim rite productust patri,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 51:

rite creatus tribunus,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

matrimonium rite confectum,

Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3.

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caerĭmōnĭa ( cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)

Lit.

Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin. —

Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55' esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra... longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27:

sepulcrorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7' polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8:

auspiciaque,

id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2:

novae,

Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62:

deorum,

id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28;

publicae,

id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31:

peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae,

id. ib. 93:

externae,

id. Tib. 36. —In sing.:

collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 94 med.

caerĭmōnĭa ( cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)

Lit.

Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin. —

Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55' esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra... longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27:

sepulcrorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7' polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8:

auspiciaque,

id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2:

novae,

Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62:

deorum,

id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28;

publicae,

id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31:

peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae,

id. ib. 93:

externae,

id. Tib. 36. —In sing.:

collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 94 med.

sexāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [sexageni].

In gen., of or containing sixty: fistula, a pipe sixty quarter-digits (quadrantes) in diameter, Front. Aquaed. 54:

PROCVRATIO,

i. e. yielding sixty thousand sesterces, Inscr. Murat. 514, 1.—

In partic., sixty years old, sexagenary; and subst., a man of sixty, a sexagenarian:

Cicero objurgantibus, quod sexagenarius Publiliam virginem duxisset, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 75; Suet. Claud. 23:

(Hadrianus) obiit major sexagenario,

Eutr. 8, 3, 8.—Men sixty years of age were no longer admitted to vote in the saepta, and, if they attempted to enter, were thrust back from the bridge leading to them; whence arose the proverb, Sexagenarios de ponte, Varr. ap. Non. 523, 21 sq.; Fest. p. 334 Müll.; cf.: depontani. (Many Romans, at an early period, erroneously referred this expression to a religious usage, and even to original human sacrifices; v. Fest. 1. 1., and Ov. F. 5, 621 sq.)—In a sarcastic equivoque, of actually flinging a man into the Tiber, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.