Cĕrĕālis — Lewis & Short
Cĕrĕālis (Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad e, adj.Ceres.
Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.),I Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:
nemus,sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:
sacrum,id. Am. 3, 10, 1:
Eleusin,id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:
Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:
cenae,i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:
sulci,Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:
munera,id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:
dona,id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:
dona Cereris,id. M. 5, 655):
herbae,id. F. 4, 911:
libum,id. ib. 1, 127:
semina,id. M. 1, 123:
culmus,Verg. G. 2, 517:
arma,i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:
solum,i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin.—Hence,
B Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:
Cerealia ludi,Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—
II A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.