suovetaurilia

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[swoh-vi-taw-ril-ee-uh] / ˌswoʊ vɪ tɔˈrɪl i ə /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.

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Etymology

Origin of suovetaurilia

< Latin suovetaurīlia, equivalent to sū ( s ) swine + ove-, combining form of ovis sheep + taur ( us ) bull + -īlia noun use of neuter plural of -īlis denominal adj. suffix)

Example Sentences

In each case the victims are the same, the suovetaurilia of ox, sheep, and pig, the farmer's most valuable property.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

One of the finest remains in the Forum is the marble relief which represents the suovetaurilia, the sow, sheep, and bull sacrificed on this occasion.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

There he drew up his army and performed a lustration of it by the sacrifices called suovetaurilia, and that was called the closing of the lustrum, because that was the conclusion of the census.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus