mortualia
From LSJ
ἔκδοτον σεαυτὴν τῷ σύροντι ποταμῷ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐᾶσαι → abandon yourself to the eddying flow of events
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mortŭālĭa: ĭum, n. mortuus.
I (Sc. vestimenta.) Grave - clothes or mourningweeds (ante - class.), Naev. ap. Non. 548, 28 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.).—
II (Sc. carmina.) Haec sunt non nugae; non enim mortualia, funeral songs, dirges, referring to the custom at Rome of hiring women to sing absurd eulogies of the dead at funerals, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 63.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mortŭālĭa,¹⁶ ĭum, n. (mortuus),
1 vêtements de deuil : Næv. 46
2 chants funèbres : Pl. As. 808.
Latin > German (Georges)
mortuālia, ium, n. (mortuus), I) die Totenlieder der Leichenweiber (praeficarum), Plaut. asin. 808. Cato. inc. libr. fr. 19. – II) Leichenkleider, Trauerkleider, Naev. tr. 46.
