feriae
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fērĭae: ārum (in the sing.: FERIA a feriendis victimis vocata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85, 12 Müll.), f. for fes-iae, same root with festus,
I days of rest, holidays, festivals (syn. justitium), a great number of which, both private and public, were kept by the Romans; the latter being either stativae, fixed, regularly recurring on certain days; or conceptivae, movable, settled every year anew; or imperativae, temporary, ordained by the consuls on account of some particular occurrence; or, lastly, the Nundinae, Macr. S. 1, 16; Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; 2, 22, 57; Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 3 et saep.: feriae Domini, Vulg. Levit. 23, 2: feriae denicales, Latinae, novendiales, privatae, etc., v. sub h. vv.—
II Transf., rest, peace, leisure: indutiae sunt belli feriae, Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 25, 2: praestare Hesperiae longas ferias, i. e. peace, Hor. C. 4, 5, 37.—Comically: venter gutturque resident esuriales ferias, keep hunger-holidays, i. e. fast, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 8: tuas possidebit mulier faxo ferias, shall fill, amuse your leisure, id. Ep. 3, 4, 37.—Prov.: sine ullis feriis, i. e. without rest, incessantly, Arn. 1, 9; cf.: feriis caret necessitas, necessity has no law, Pall. 1, 6, 7.—Sing. (eccl. Lat.): feria, a week-day, Tert. Jejun. 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fērĭæ,¹¹ ārum, f., jours consacrés au repos, fêtes, féries : Cic. Leg. 2, 29 ; feriæ Latinæ, les féries Latines ; forenses Cic. de Or. 3, 85, vacances des tribunaux ; piscatorum Cic. Off. 3, 59, jours de fêtes pour les pêcheurs || repos, relâche : Hor. O. 4, 5, 37. arch. fesiæ P. Fest. 86, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
fēriae, ārum, f. (vgl. fēs-tus aus *fes-na, Heiligtum), Tage, an denen keine Geschäfte, sondern gottesdienstliche Handlungen vorgenommen wurden, Ferien, Feiertage, im weitern Sinne übh. = Ruhetage, freie Tage, freie Zeit, I) eig.: Latinae, Cic.: novendiales, Cic.: forenses, Gerichtsferien, Cic.: esuriales, Hungerferien, scherzh. = Fasten, Plaut. – m. Genet., messium feriae, Ernteferien, Suet. Caes, 40, 1: scholarum feriae, Schulferien, Prud. perist. 9, 76. – ferias habere triduum, Cic.: ferias agere, Liv.: indutiae sunt feriae belli, Varro fr.: dies feriarum mihi additos video, Cic.: cum tempestas dedit piscatoribus ferias, Sen. – per ferias, in den Ferien, Cato: per feriarum tempus aestivarum, Gell. – Sprichw., sine ullis, ut dicitur, feriis, ohne Rast, unaufhörlich, Arnob. 1, 13. – II) übtr. = Ruhe, Friede, Hor. carm. 4, 5, 37. – /Archaist. fēsiae, Paul. ex Fest. 86, 7. Vel. Long. (VII) 73, 9 K. – Sing. fēria, Ruric. epist. 2, 24 u. 61 (am Sidon. ed. Luetj.), Paul. ex Fest. 85, 12.
