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.
periodical (subs.) Copy link • periodical (subs.): *libellus diurnus, hebdomadalis, menstruus, etc. as the case may be. See also journal.
PERIODICAL Copy link • PERIODICAL 1. adj.., Recurring at intervals, certo tempore recurrens: periodical diseases, morbi accidentes et remittentes; morbi certo tempore recurrentes: periodical winds, etesiae (plur., of the winds that blew in the Mediterranean, etc., in the dog-days); verti, qui certo tempore in aliquo loco flare consueverunt or qui certo tempore ex aliqua caeli parte spirant (☞ Caes., B.G., 5, 7; Gell., 2, 2, extr.). Periodical writings or works, perhaps ephemerides. Constructed in periods, compositus; circumscriptus: numerose et apte cadens: a periodical style, oratio structa, apta, vincta (opposed to oratio soluta or dissipata); verborum apta et quasi rotunda constructio; circumscriptus verborum ambitus (Cic.). 2. s. *ephemeris, *plagula ephemeridum, actorum diurnorum (daily): *libellus hebdomadalis (weekly): *libellus menstruus (monthly): libellus trimestris (quarterly).