feriae

The Italian festa, ancient and modern; meaning of the word feriae; change in its meaning; holidays of plebs; festival of Anna Perenua;

Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884

So the old religious word feriae becomes gradually supplanted, in the sense of a public holiday of amusement, by the word _ludi_, and came at last to mean, as it still does in

Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884

Ferragosto from the Latin feriae Augusti , or "August holidays" was, in ancient Roman times, a period of rest for farm workers between the summer harvests and the new planting season.

Taking a Traditional Summer Siesta Francis X. Rocca 2011

Calendis Jan. feriae sunt divae Angeronae, cui pontifices in sacello Volupiae sacra faciunt, quod angores et animi solicitudines propitiata propellat.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Some remarks upon the numerous “mummeries” and festas of the inhabitants lead him into a long digression upon the feriae of the Romans.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

Besides, every private family had a number of feriae, kept either by way of rejoicing for some benefit, or mourning for some calamity.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

They had their festi and profesti, their feriae stativae, and conceptivae, their fixed and moveable feasts; their esuriales, or fasting days, and their precidaneae, or vigils.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

The first two days of Sextilis were feriae-which did not preclude the hearing of criminal trials-but the third day was more difficult-on it was held the procession of the Crucified Dogs.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

"Then post the declaration of feriae this afternoon on rostra and Regia, and have the heralds proclaim days of rest and holiday between now and the Ides of December."

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

"Then," said Scaevola, "the only thing to do is to declare all the Comitial days between now and whenever you wish as feriae."

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991