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Pāgānālĭa, ĭum, n. [pagus], the festival of the pagus, celebrated in January; the country festival, rural festival, Varr. L. L. 6, § 24; cf. id. ib. 6, § 26 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 16.
pāgānĭcus, a, um, adj. [pagus], of or belonging to the country, rural, rustic.
- I. Lit.: paganicae feriae, Varr. L. L. 6, § 26 Müll.; cf. Paganalia: IOVI PAGANICO SACR., Inscr. Orell. 1250.
Absol.: bona habere in paganico (sc. solo or agro), Cod. Just. 6, 21, 1; cf. paganus: pila paganica, a ball stuffed with down, used at first in the country, but afterwards also in the city, Mart. 7, 32, 7: pluma, id. 14, 45, 1; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 94.
- II. In eccl. Lat., heathenish, pagan, Salv. Gub. 1.
pāgānismus, i, m. [paganus], heathenism (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Divers. Quaest. 83, q. 83 init.
pāgānĭtas, ātis f. [paganus], heathenism, paganism (post-class.): stolidae paganitatis error, Cod. Th. 15, 5, 5.
pāgānus, a, um, adj. [pagus].
- I. Of or belonging to the country or to a village, rustic: PORTICVS, Inscr. (A. U. C. 659) Orell. 3793: lex, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28: foci, Ov. F. 1, 670.
- B. Subst.: pāgānus, i, m., a countryman, peasant, villager, rustic: nulli pagani aut montani, Cic. Dom. 28, 74: pagani vel decuriones, Cod. Th. 7, 21, 2.
- II. Opposed to military, civil, civic: vel paganum est peculium vel castrense, Cod. Just. 3, 28, 37.
As subst.: pāgānus, i, m., a civilian, a citizen, Tac. H. 3, 24: paganorum turba, Suet. Galb. 19: milites et pagani, Plin. Ep. 10, 18, 2; Juv. 16, 33.
- III. Transf., rustic, unlearned: cultus, Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 6; cf. semipaganus.
- B. In eccl. Lat. (like gentilis) for heathen, pagan (opp. Jewish or Christian); and subst., a heathen, a pagan: ritus cultusque, Cod. Th. 16, 7, 2: sacerdotales paganae superstitionis, ib. 16, 10, 20; Ter. Cor. Mil. 11: deorum falsorum multorumque cultores paganos vocamus, Aug. Retract. 2, 43; Hier. in Psa. 41: ex locorum agrestium compitis et pagis pagani vocantur, Oros. 1 praef.