Pălīlis, e, adj. [Pales],
- I. of or belonging to Pales: flamma Palilis, a fire of straw and hay, over which the rustics leaped at the feast of Pales, Ov. F. 4, 798: festa Palilia, id. M. 14, 774; Tib. 2, 5, 87.
Also as subst.:
- II. Pălīlĭa, ĭum (euphon. collat. form Părīlĭa, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9; Col. 7, 3, 11; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 et saep.; cf. Prob. ad Verg. G. 3 init.; Charis. p. 43 P.; Mar. Vict. p. 2470 P.), n., the feast of Pales, the shepherd festival, celebrated on the 21st of April, the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf. also Ov. F. 4, 721; Tib. 2, 5, 89: Parilia, Prop. 5, 1, 19; 5, 4, 75; Pers. 1, 72; Serv. Verg. G. 3 init.; Fest. p. 236 Müll.
Hence, Părīlīcĭus, a, um, occurring at the time of the Parilia, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247.