periodical (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. stătus (fixed, recurring at definite periods)2. sollennis (sōlennis, sollemnis, sōlemnis)3. pĕrĭŏdĭcus (extr. rare) • periodical (adj.): i. e. recurring at intervals: 1. stătus (fixed, recurring at definite periods): the p. (fixed) courses of the stars, s. siderum cursus, Plin. 18, 29, 69 § 291: esp. in connexion with tempus: Liv.: Plin.: v. periodically. 2. sollennis (sōlennis, sollemnis, sōlemnis): i. e. coming round once every year: Join: sollenne et statum [sacrificium], Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113; statum ac [prope] sollenne in singulos annos, Liv. 3, 15, med. 3. pĕrĭŏdĭcus (extr. rare): fevers which the Greeks call p., febres quas Graeci p. vocant, Plin. 20, 3, 8: pure Lat., febres statae, id. 28, 8, 28; quae circuitu quodam redeunt: v. intermittent. Phr.: p. literature, *libelli ii qui statis temporibus (statis diebus) e prelo prodeunt, emanant: p. winds, venti qui certo tempore anni flant, Gell. 2, 22.