1. adj., annuus (lasting a year; taking place throughout the whole year; also, annalis; Varr.): anniversarius (returning at the expiration of a year; in this sense annuus is poetical). Yearly festivals, sacra anniversaria; festi dies anniversarii: yearly salary, income, etc., annua, -orum, neuter, or annua pecunia (general term, Sen., Benef., 1, 9, 4; Tac., Ann., 13, 34, 1); merces annua (as pay; e.g., of a physician; Vid: Plin., 29, 1, 5); annua salaria, -orum, neuter (as a kind of pension; e.g., to poor senators; Suet., Ner., 10): to appoint a yearly salary to anyone, annua or annuam pecuniam alicui statuere, constituere: to give a yearly salary to anyone, annua alicui praestare or praebere: to give anyone a yearly salary of five hundred thousand sesterces, offerre alicui in singulos annos quingena sestertia.