Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Majuma

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

MAJU'MA. A Maying, or diversion enjoyed by the inhabitants of Rome during the month of May; upon which occasion they descended the Tiber to the sea board at Ostia, and amused themselves by bathing in the sea. (Suidas.) Though the name is not met with until a late period, it is probable that the practice it designates was by no means a modern one, for it is then spoken of as the revival of an old custom, which had been abolished by law in consequence of the excesses it gave rise to. Impp. Arcad. et Honor. Cod. Theodos. 15. 6. 1. and 2.