fērālis — Lewis & Short
fērālis, e, adj.fero, from the carrying of the dead in funeral procession; cf. ferculum; cf. also Fest., Varr., Ov. ll. c. infra and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 467,
I of or belonging to the dead or to corpses, funereal (as an adj. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
tu tamen exstincto feralia munera ferto,offerings to the dead, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 81:
sacra,Luc. 1, 616:
cupressus,Verg. A. 6, 216; Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 21; cf.:
ferale decus,i. e. the cypress, Sil. 10, 535:
vittae,Ov. Ib. 103:
reliquiae,i. e. the ashes of the dead, Tac. A. 2, 75:
ferali carmine bubo Visa queri,Verg. A. 4, 462:
Enyo,Petr. 120.—
B In partic., of or belonging to the festival of the dead (celebrated annually in the month of February):
tunc, cum ferales praeteriere dies,the days of the festival of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 34:
tempus,id. ib. 5, 486: mensis, i. e. February, Col. poet. 10, 191. —
2 Subst.: Fĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., the general festival of the dead kept on the 17th or 21st of February, the feast of All Souls (cf.:
inferiae, justa, pompa, exsequiae, funus): hanc, quia justa ferunt, dixere Fĕralia lucem: Ultima placandis Manibus illa dies,Ov. F. 2, 569:
feralia ab inferis et ferendo, quod ferunt tum epulas ad sepulcrum, quibus jus ibi parentare,Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; cf.:
feralium diem ait Varro a ferendis in sepulcra epulis dici,Macr. S. 1, 4: feralia diis Manibus sacrata festa, a ferendis epulis, vel a feriendis pecudibus appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.:
eodem die video Caesarem a Corfinio profectum esse, id est, Feralibus,Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:
diem finiri placuit Feralia, quae proxime fuissent,Liv. 35, 7, 3 Drak. N. cr.—
II Transf., in gen., deadly, fatal, dangerous = funestus:
tune, Licha, dixit, feralia dona tulisti?Ov. M. 9, 214:
arma,Luc. 2, 260; 374:
bellum,Tac. H. 5, 25:
papilio,Ov. M. 15, 374; cf.:
papilio pestifer,Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:
Idus Mart. ferales Caesari,Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237:
annus,Tac. A. 4, 64:
tenebrae,id. ib. 2,31:
aula, a term applied to the abode of the great African serpent,Sil. 6, 216.—Comp.:
feralior,Pacat. Pan. Theod. 46, 4.—Sup.: nefas feralissimum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, p. 23.—In neutr. adv.:
ferale gemiscere,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 130.— Hence, adv.: fērālĭter, fatally (late Lat.):
ut leo feraliter invadit,Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.