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|lshtext=<b>fērĭor</b>: ātus, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep. n. [feriac], to [[rest]] from [[work]], to [[keep]] [[holiday]] (in the [[verb]]. finit. [[ante]]- and post-class. and [[very]] [[rare]] for ferias habere, agere; [[but]] [[class]]. in the P. a.): [[Achilles]] ab armis feriabatur, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7: non fuerunt feriati, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: [[male]] feriatos [[Troas]], [[keeping]] [[festival]] at an [[unseasonable]] [[time]], Hor. C. 4, 6, 14: [[animus]] feriaturus, Sid. Ep. 9, 11 med.: sabatho [[etiam]] a bonis operibus, Ambros. in Luc. 5, § 39.—Hence, fē-rĭātus, a, um, P. a., [[keeping]] [[holiday]], [[unoccupied]], disengaged, at [[leisure]], [[idle]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop.: [[familia]], Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 4: Deum sic feriatum volumus cessatione torpere, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 102: [[feriatus]] ne sis, be not [[idle]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 62: voluntate sua feriati a negotiis publicis, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58: [[feriatus]] ab iis studiis, in quae, etc., Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 2: [[meditatio]] argutiarum, in [[qua]] id [[genus]] homines consenescunt [[male]] feriati quos philosophos [[vulgus]] esse putat, [[with]] [[leisure]] [[ill]] employed, Gell. 10, 22, 24: [[toga]] feriata, [[long]] disused, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[machaera]] feriata, [[unemployed]], [[idle]], Plaut. Mil. 1, 7; so, [[toga]], Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 2: freta, [[quiet]], [[still]], Prud. στεφ. 6, 156: [[dies]] [[feriatus]], a [[holiday]], Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 6; 10, 24, 3; Dig. 2, 12, 2; 6; 9.