I.a sacrifice consisting of a swine, a sheep, and a bull, offered esp. at lustrations: “solitaurilia hostiarum trium diversi generis immolationem significant, tauri, arietis, verris, quod omnes eae solidi integrique sint corporis, etc.,” Fest. p. 293: “Mars pater lustri faciendi ergo macte hisce suovetaurilibus lactentibus esto, an old formula of prayer,” Cato, R. R. 141, 3 sq.; cf. id. ib. 144, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10; Liv. 1, 44, 2; 8, 10, 14; Tac. A. 6, 37; id. H. 4, 53; Fest. s. v. opima, p. 189 Müll.; Inscr. Fr. Arv. ap. Marin. 32; 41; 43.—Form solitaurilia, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3; cf. Fest. p. 293 Müll.
sŭŏvĕtaurīlĭa , or sōlĭtaurīlĭa , ĭum, n. sus-ovis-taurus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 67 Spald.; Fest. p. 293 Müll., or sollus-taurus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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