Saturnalia

saturnalia Translingual mul Etymology From mul la Sāturnālia, interpreted as the Latin equivalent of mul pt Carnaval Carnival, the period before Lent; so called because the genus was discovered in Brazil during Carnival. Proper noun †1 f genus order Saurischia a dinosaur from the Triassic period Hypernyms family Hyponyms genus Saturnalia tupiniquim species sole species References Saturnalia (dinosaur) 1 68123 English thumb|Saturnalia (1783) by Antoine-François Callet, showing his interpretation of what the Saturnalia might have looked like Etymology en la Sāturnālia.n 1045975132 Pronunciation en /ˌsætəˈneɪli.ə/ RP en /ˌsætɚˈneɪli.ə/ /ˌsætɚˈneɪljə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Saturnalia.wav US en eɪliə 5 Proper noun sp + ~ en holiday en historical An ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn. en Saturnalians<l:rare> Saturnals en 1913 w:Thomas Bulfinch s:The Age of Fable 1 Saturn was an ancient Italian deity. It was attempted to identify him with the Grecian god Cronos, and fabled that after his dethronement by Jupiter he fled to Italy, where he reigned during what was called the Golden Age. In memory of his beneficent dominion, the feast of Saturnalia was held every year in the winter season. 13 December 1978 Lorna J. Sass Saturnalia: A Feast Fit for a Roman God https://web.archive.org/web/20210101105507/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/13/archives/saturnalia-a-feast-fit-for-a-roman-god-mussels-in-liquamen-squah.html CATULLUS described the Saturnalia as “the merriest festival of the year,” and Seneca the Younger reported that “all Rome seemed to go mad on this holiday.” The Saturnalia, named for Saturnus, an ancient agricultural deity, began on Dec. 17. 11 November 1998 Baruch E. Kahana The Church Co-Opted Some Pagan Concepts https://archive.ph/hPtQM https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB910736660394157500 10 June 2024 The Church co-opted these and other pagan festivals and concepts: the Roman Lupercalia and the feast of the purification of Isis became the Feast of the Nativity; the Saturnalia were replaced by Christmas celebrations; Mithra (the Persian sun god) was born in a cave, of a virgin, on Dec. 25. 27 November 2005 J. R. Romanko Datebook https://web.archive.org/web/20150529194330/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/travel/datebook.html Inspired by the Roman Saturnalias, the Philadelphia Mummers New Year’s Day Parade, below, will teem with 15,000 mummers – elaborately costumed members of local New Year’s clubs – competing in four divisions. 21 September 2012 Justine Jordan John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk – review https://web.archive.org/web/20131227002103/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/21/john-saturnalls-feasts-lawrence-norfolk-review Its pages contain not just recipes but an idyll of prelapsarian plenty, passed down the generations by those who still connect with pagan forces: Saturnus and his groaning table, a Saturnalia from the Golden Age. 21 December 2016 w:Associated Press Vandals repeatedly attack pentagram erected near Nativity scene https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143125/https://nypost.com/2016/12/21/vandals-repeatedly-attack-pentagram-erected-near-nativity-scene/ The sculpture sits about 20 feet from a traditional Nativity scene of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, and is backed by a banner from an atheist group reading “Keep Saturn in Saturnalias,” a reference to the belief that the early Christian church substituted Christmas for a Roman pagan holiday. 17 October 2022 w:Kathryn Schulz What We’ve Lost Playing the Lottery https://web.archive.org/web/20221017102602/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/24/what-weve-lost-playing-the-lottery In many of these early instances, they lotteries were deployed either as a kind of party game—during Roman Saturnalias, tickets were distributed free to guests, some of whom won extravagant prizes—or as a means of divining God’s will. Derived terms en Satanalia saturnalia Saturnalian Translations holiday to mark the winter solstice Dutch: nl Saturnaliën n-p Hebrew: he סָטַרְנַלְיָא satarnálya, he סְטַרְנוּרָא starnúra corruption Irish: ga Féile Satairn f Italian: it Saturnali m Latin: la Sāturnālia Manx: gv Feailley Sarn f Portuguese: pt Saturnália f Russian: ru сатурна́лии f-p Noun en saturnalia. 1890 October Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Over the Teacups https://web.archive.org/web/20230330214439/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1890/10/over-the-teacups/634732/ It was odd that the literary festival should be turned into a Donnybrook fair, but so it was when I was a boy, and the tents and the shows and the crowds on the Common were to the promiscuous many the essential parts of the great occasion. They had been so for generations, and it was only gradually that the Cambridge Saturnalia were replaced by the decencies and solemnities of the present sober anniversary. 25 December 2015 John Leland New Years Eve, Times Square, Through the Years https://web.archive.org/web/20151227004253/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/nyregion/new-years-eve-times-square-through-the-years.html For New York Times photographers, it has been a night to leave their families in order to document the Saturnalia of Times Square. 13 January 2016 w:David Bennun Guns N’ Roses’ big-money reunion https://web.archive.org/web/20201001073520/https://www.economist.com/1843/2016/01/13/guns-n-roses-big-money-reunion G N’ R, as they are colloquially known, were an affront to the ears and nostrils of civilised society, a Saturnalia in the flesh and in the speakers. References Further reading Anagrams en aaailnrstu Australian en Festivals Roman Empire Latin Etymology la Sāturnālia :af Sāturnus<t:Saturn><g:m> -ālia + 1 Pronunciation Sāturnālia Proper noun Sāturnālia<3.pl> Sāturnālium/Sāturnāliōrum n en Saturnalia holiday a festival of the winter solstice originally celebrated for three days beginning December 17th, but later extended to seven days. la Livy 2 21 his consulibus aedis Saturno dedicata, Saturnalia institutus festus dies During their consulship a temple was dedicated to Saturn and the festival of the Saturnalia instituted. Declension Sāturnālia<3.pl> Sāturnālium/Sāturnāliōrum Derived terms la nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt Descendants 1 en Saturnalia References la Festivals