Feretrius
Feretrius, god of trophies, a surname of Jupiter
- I Prop.: nunc spolia in templo tria condita causa Feretri, Omine quod certo dux ferit ense ducem, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 45; cf. id. ib. 1 sq.; Liv. 1, 10, 6; 1, 33 fin.; 4, 20 sq.; Nep. Att. 20, 3; Flor. 1, 1, 11; Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 1 Müll. al.— *
- II Transf., of Amor: opima apposui senex Amori arma Feretrio, Poët. ap. Ter. Maur. p. 2442 P.
a surname of Jupiter, which is probably derived from ferire, to strike; for persons who took an oath called upon Jupiter, if they swore falsely, to strike them as they struck the victim they sacrificed to him. (Fest. s. v. Lapidem Silicem.) Others derived it from ferre, because he was the giver of peace, or because people dedicated (ferebant) to him spolia opima. (Fest. s. v. Feretrius; Liv. 1.10; Propert. 4.10. 46; comp. Jupiter.) [L.S]
- feretrum, god of trophies, a surname of Jupiter, L.
A surname of Iupiter, derived from ferire, “to strike”; for persons who took an oath called upon Iupiter to strike them if they swore falsely as they struck the victim which they sacrificed. Others derived it from ferre, because people dedicated (ferebant) to him the spolia opima. See Fest. s. h. v.; Livy, i. 10; Propert. iv. 10, 46.