suovetaurilia

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.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

It is recorded that when in December/January 195/4 Kao-tsu passed through Lu, he sacrificed a suovetaurilia to Confucius, but this record is very likely unhistorical.

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1938

Martius and the solemn offering of the _suovetaurilia_ (is this a faint relic of his agricultural character?) after being carried three times round the gathered host, is offered on his altar in prayer for the military future of the state.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

With ceremonial dancing (_tripudium_) they moved along the boundary-marks and made the farmer's most complete offering of the pig, sheep, and ox (_suovetaurilia_): the fruits of the last year and the new harvest (_aridae et virides_) played a large part in the ceremonial, and a solemn litany was recited for the aversion of every kind of pest from the crops.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

The spear on which the consul stands, when repeating the formula of devotion, must not pass into the enemy's hands; should this happen a suovetaurilia must be offered as a propitiation to Mars.

The History of Rome, Vol. II 1905

Sucking pigs played an important part in Hellenic purificatory rites; and everybody knows the significance of the Roman suovetaurilia, depicted on so many bas-reliefs.

Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

'Sacrificantibus, cum hic more Romano suovetaurilia daret, ille equum placando amni adornasset.'

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822

_suovetaurilia_ -- a bull, a ram, and a boar, adorned with ribbons and vittæ, walking in file, which were usually sacrificed for the purification of Rome at the Lustrum, as the census taken every five years was called.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

_suovetaurilia_ driven three times round the assembled host and sacrificed to Mars.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

_suovetaurilia_ -- ox, sheep, and pig -- as in the Latin _lustratio_; at each gate it stops, while sacrifice and prayer are offered on behalf of the citadel, the city, and the whole people of Iguvium.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884