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fetialis

one of the college of twenty priests of Rome

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 4 · 2.29/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 3 · 1.87/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 1 · 0.88/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 4 1 · 0.6/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 1 · 0.59/10k
Ab urbe condita 10 · 0.19/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

1. fetialis — de Vaan

fetialis 'one of the college of twenty priests of Rome' [m. i] (Varro+) Pit. *feti-ali-. PIE *d h eh r ti- 4the putting, making'. IE cognates: Skt. -dhiti- [f.] 4id.\ Av. ni-oaiti- fibra 'concealment', Gr. ΰέσις [f] 'setting, position', Lith. detis 'load', OCS blago-detb 'benediction', Go. gadeds 'adoption', missadeps 'crime', OIc. dad, OHG tat 'deed'. A substantivized adjective meaning Of the (religious) … — [de Vaan, s.v. fetialis, p. 230]

2. fētĭālis — Lewis & Short

fētĭālis, e, adj.fetiales,

I of or belonging to the fetiales, fetial: jus, quo bella indicerentur, quod, per se justissime inventum sanxit fetiali religione, ut, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 17: jus, id. Off. 1, 11, 36; 3, 29, 108: ceremoniae, Liv. 9, 11, 8: legatus, i. e. the fetial priest, fetialis, id. ib. § 11.

In the wild

fetialium Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.36.3.7
fetialis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.4.a
fetialium Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.5.4
fetialium Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p5
fetialis Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.24.5
fetialium Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 p2

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Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. fetialis (scan pp. 230-231; entry #565). Root candidates: *fiti-, *dhehrti-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fétialis (scan p. 255; entry #3964).

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