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|lshtext=<b>Festus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a Roman [[surname]].<br /><b>I</b> Sex. [[Pompeius]] [[Festus]], a Roman [[grammarian]] of the [[fourth]] [[century]] A. D., [[author]] of a lexicographical [[work]], De verborum significatione, in [[twenty]] books, of [[which]] [[only]] the [[last]] [[nine]], in a [[very]] [[imperfect]] form, [[remain]] to us; [[with]] an [[abstract]] of the [[whole]] compiled by [[Paulus]] Diaconus in the [[eighth]] [[century]]. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—<br /><b>II</b> Portius [[Festus]], Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>Fēstus</b>,¹³ ī, m., v. Fest. p. vii, liste des auteurs cités.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Fēstus<sup>2</sup>, ī, m., vollst. [[Sextus]] [[Pompeius]] [[Festus]], [[ein]] röm. [[Grammatiker]], der [[vermutlich]] [[gegen]] das [[Ende]] [[des]] 4. Jahrh. n. Chr. lebte u. [[einen]] [[Auszug]] in 20 Büchern machte aus dem Werke [[des]] Grammatikers M. [[Verrius]] [[Flaccus]] de verborum significatu, [[von]] dem [[wir]] [[noch]] [[Buch]] 12–20, [[aber]] [[unvollständig]], und [[einen]] [[Auszug]] [[des]] Ganzen [[von]] [[Paulus]] Diaconus (im 8. Jahrh. n. Chr.) [[übrig]] [[haben]]. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. [[Literat]].<sup>5</sup> § 261.
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