English Explanatory Dictionary

Vulcanalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Ancient Roman festival of the god Vulcan, celebrated on August 23, during which live fish or small animals were thrown into bonfires as a sacrifice.

Word forms

Vulcanalia

Etymology

From Latin Vulcanalia.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on V Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary