I.of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental (postclass.): “periculorum et operum orientalium socii,” in the East, Just. 14, 2, 8: “barba ria,” id. 12, 3, 3: “reges,” id. 38, 10, 5: “venti,” Gell. 2, 22, 11.—
II. Subst.
B. ŏrĭentāles , ĭum, f. (sc. ferae), wild beasts designed for hunting exhibitions (as lions, tigers, panthers, etc.), Inscr. Murat. 654, 1.