phrase
iō Sāturnālia
iō Sāturnālia
Classical[ˈjoː saː.tʊrˈnaː.li.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈjɔː sa.turˈnaː.li.a]
Meaning
- hurrah for the Saturnalia!
io Saturnalia, rogo, mensis December est
Hurrah for the Saturnalia, I ask, is this the month of December?c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 58.2clamant ecce mei ‘Io Saturnalia’ versus
1993 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey My verses shout "Hurrah for Saturnalia!"86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 11.2