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natalicius

natalicius · adj

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Where it lives

De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

nātālīcĭus — Lewis & Short

nātālīcĭus, -tĭus, a, um, adj.1. natalis,

I of or belonging to the hour or day of one's birth, birthday, natal (class.): qui haec Chaldaeorum natalicia praedicta defendunt, a casting of nativities, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: sidera, id. ib. 2, 43, 91: dapes, Mart. 7, 86, 1: lardum, Juv. 11, 84: sinciput, Petr. 136; Pers. 1, 16: dies natalicius, Vulg. Gen. 40, 20.—Hence,

II Subst.

A nātālīcĭ-um (-tĭum), ii, n., a birthday present: aliquid natalicii titulo tibi mittere, Censor. de Die Nat. 1.—

B nātālīcĭa, ae, f. (sc. cena), a birthday entertainment: hodie non descendit Antonius. Cur? Dat nataliciam in hortis, Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15 (so acc. to Cod Vat.; others natalicia, as n. plur.).

In the wild

natalicius Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.14.p5
natalicio Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.2e.5
natalicios Historia Augusta, De vita Hadriani 8
natalicium Juvenal, Saturae 4.11.84
natalicium Martial, Epigrammata 8.38.12

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