Agonalia

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Agnālia Agōnia, Agōnium, Agōnium Mārtiāle === Etymology === An unknown root +‎ -ālia. One theory states that, while the festival was later performed in the Regia along the Via Sacra, the Regia used to reside on the Collis Quirinalis, which was formerly known as Agōnus and which gave the epithet Agōnensis to the Porta Collina. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.ɡoːˈnaː.li.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ɡoˈnaː.li.a] === Proper noun === Agōnālia n pl (genitive Agōnālium or Agōnāliōrum); third declension (religion) a Roman festival held on January 9th, May 21st, December 11th, and probably March 17th in which the rex sacrorum sacrificed a ram to the gods ==== Usage notes ==== The festival was supposedly founded by Numa Pompilius and continued by the Roman kings until their removal, at which point the rex sacrorum took the position. The festival of Agōnium Mārtiāle was celebrated in honor of Mars on March 17th, the same day as Līberālia, and was almost certainly another form of Agōnālia. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only. ==== Related terms ==== Agōnālis === References === “Agonalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Agonalia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Agōnālia” on page 100/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)