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|lshtext=<b>Cĕrĕālis</b>: (Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [[Ceres]].<br /><b>I</b> Pertaining to [[Ceres]], [[devoted]] to her, and, meton., pertaining to the [[cultivation]] of [[land]], [[grain]], or [[agriculture]]: [[nemus]], [[sacred]] to [[Ceres]], Ov. M. 8, 741: [[sacrum]], id. Am. 3, 10, 1: [[Eleusin]], id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4: [[Eleusin]] Cereri consecrata): [[papaver]] (as her symbolic [[attribute]]), Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314: cenae, i. e. [[splendid]], [[like]] those at the festivals of [[Ceres]], Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25: sulci, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11: munera, id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639: dona, id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.: dona Cereris, id. M. 5, 655): herbae, id. F. 4, 911: [[libum]], id. ib. 1, 127: semina, id. M. 1, 123: [[culmus]], Verg. G. 2, 517: [[arma]], i. e. the implements for grinding and [[baking]], id. A. 1, 177: [[solum]], i. e. the [[cake]] laid on the [[ground]], id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, [[who]] had the [[superintendence]] of provisions; v. [[aedilis]] fin.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.: Cerealia ludi, Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the [[festival]] of [[Ceres]], [[celebrated]] on the 10th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> A Roman [[cognomen]], Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

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