părentālis
e, adj.
I.
of or belonging to parents, parental: umbrae, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 87.—
II.
In partic., of or belonging to the festival in honor of dead parents or relatives: dies, Ov. F. 2, 548: mos, id. M. 13, 619 (cf. id. Am. 1, 13, 4).—
B.
Subst.: părentālĭa, ĭum, n.
1.
A festival in honor of dead relations: ut parentalia cum supplicationibus miscerentur, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3927; 4084.—Gen.: PARENTALIORVM, Inscr. Orell. 3999.—
2.
The title of a work by Ausonius.