LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

vīcennālia

vīcennālia n pl (genitive vīcennālium or vīcennāliōrum)
Classical[wiː.kɛnˈnaː.li.a]Ecclesiastical[vi.t͡ʃenˈnaː.li.a]

Meaning

  1. historicalvicennalia, the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
    vicennalia imperatorum20th anniversary of the emperors

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—vīcennālia
genitive—vīcennālium
vīcennāliōrum
dative—vīcennālibus
accusative—vīcennālia
ablative—vīcennālibus
vocative—vīcennālia

Origins

From vīcennium (“20-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from vīciēs + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).

Descendants
  • Englishvicennalia
  • Frenchvicennales
  • Italianvicennali

In English words that came into English from vīcennālia

  • vicennaliavīcennālia

Quick answers

What does vīcennālia mean in Latin?
vīcennālia, a noun, means “vicennalia, the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.”.
What is the genitive of vīcennālia?
The genitive singular is vīcennālium. vīcennālia is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce vīcennālia?
In classical Latin, [wiː.kɛnˈnaː.li.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vi.t͡ʃenˈnaː.li.a].