fetial

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fētiālis (“priest who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from enemies before formal declarations of war”). The root of the Latin word is thought to be Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place, put”), also the source of the verb Latin faciō (“to do; to build, construct; to appoint”). The nominalized form of this verb, Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“act of putting, placement”), would have developed into an Italic noun *fētis (unattested, but conjectured to mean something like "statute, treaty" or "prescription, law", developing to mean "body of priests"), which was combined with the adjective-forming suffix -ālis to yield Latin fētiālis. The unadapted Latin forms fetialis (singular) and fetiales (plural) are also used in English, sometimes with italicization, sometimes without. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfiːʃəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfiʃəl/ Hyphenation: fe‧tial === Noun === fetial (plural fetials) (Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations. ==== Alternative forms ==== fecial ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === fetial (not comparable) Of or relating to a fetial (member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations); (by extension) ambassadorial, heraldic. Concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace. ==== Alternative forms ==== fecial ==== Translations ==== === References === “fetial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “fetial”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Further reading === fetial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === leafit, IATEFL, tefila, Lafite