vicennalia
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
vicennalia¹
Where it comes from
From Latin vīcennālia, from vīcennium (“20-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from vicennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from vīciēs (“twenty each”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to vicennium + -alia.
noun vicennalia · vicennalias · Vicennalia
-
The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
Apart from the Vicennalia, 136 was an eventful year for the imperial family: the serious illness of Hadrian in the spring, the adoption of Aelius in the summer and the death and consecration of Sabina at the end of the year.
Similar: vicennial, vicennials
Vicennalia²
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of vicennalia Apart from the Vicennalia, 136 was an eventful year for the imperial family: the serious illness of Hadrian in the spring, the adoption of Aelius in the summer and the death and consecration of Sabina at the end of the year.
Translations
Every language
noun Translations
| Français | vicennales |
|---|---|
| Italiano | vicennali |
Talk about this word "vicennalia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vicennalia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vicennalia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vicennalia "vicennalia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vicennalia.Cite this
@misc{vicennalia_2026,
title = {vicennalia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vicennalia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
