LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

trīcennālia

trīcennālia n pl (genitive trīcennālium or trīcennāliōrum)
Classical[triː.kɛnˈnaː.li.a]Ecclesiastical[tri.t͡ʃenˈnaː.li.a]

Meaning

  1. historicaltricennalia, the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule.
    tricennalia imperatorum30th anniversary of the emperors

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—trīcennālia
genitive—trīcennālium
trīcennāliōrum
dative—trīcennālibus
accusative—trīcennālia
ablative—trīcennālibus
vocative—trīcennālia

Origins

From trīcennium (“30-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from trīciēs + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).

Descendants
  • Englishtricennalia
  • Frenchtricennales
  • Italiantricennali

In English words that came into English from trīcennālia

  • tricennaliatrīcennālia

Quick answers

What does trīcennālia mean in Latin?
trīcennālia, a noun, means “tricennalia, the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule.”.
What is the genitive of trīcennālia?
The genitive singular is trīcennālium. trīcennālia is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce trīcennālia?
In classical Latin, [triː.kɛnˈnaː.li.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tri.t͡ʃenˈnaː.li.a].