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|lshtext=<b>Fĕbrŭārĭus</b>: (in Inscr. [[sometimes]] written FEBRARIVS), ii, m., or Fĕbrŭāri-us [[mensis]] [[februum]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[month]] of [[expiation]] ([[because]] on the 15th of this [[month]] the [[great]] [[feast]] of [[expiation]] and [[purification]], [[Februa]], [[was]] held), February, [[until]] the [[time]] of the decemvirs the [[last]] [[month]] of the Roman [[year]], [[since]] [[then]] the [[second]]: ab diis inferis [[Februarius]] appellatus, [[quod]] tum his parentetur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 34 Müll.; Ov. F. 2, 31 sq.; Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54; Sall. C. 18, 6; Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll., v. [[februum]].—Adj.: Nonis Februariis, of February, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: ab Idibus Februariis, Plin. 17, 18, 30, 136.
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