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|lshtext=<b>Lŭpercal</b>: ālis, n. Lupercalis,<br /><b>I</b> a [[grotto]] on the Palatine Hill, [[sacred]] to the Lycean [[Pan]] ([[Lupercus]]): gelidā monstrat sub rupe [[Lupercal]], Verg. A. 8, 342; v. Serv. ad loc.: [[quamquam]] [[Velia]] non est vilior [[quam]] [[Lupercal]], Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1: [[forsitan]] et quaeras [[cur]] [[sit]] [[locus]] [[ille]] [[Lupercal]], Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,<br /> <b>A</b> Lŭpercālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Lupercalia, [[Lupercal]]: [[sacrum]], Suet. Aug. 31.—<br /> <b>B</b> Hence, | |lshtext=<b>Lŭpercal</b>: ālis, n. Lupercalis,<br /><b>I</b> a [[grotto]] on the Palatine Hill, [[sacred]] to the Lycean [[Pan]] ([[Lupercus]]): gelidā monstrat sub rupe [[Lupercal]], Verg. A. 8, 342; v. Serv. ad loc.: [[quamquam]] [[Velia]] non est vilior [[quam]] [[Lupercal]], Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1: [[forsitan]] et quaeras [[cur]] [[sit]] [[locus]] [[ille]] [[Lupercal]], Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,<br /> <b>A</b> Lŭpercālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Lupercalia, [[Lupercal]]: [[sacrum]], Suet. Aug. 31.—<br /> <b>B</b> Hence, plur. as subst.: Lŭpercālĭa, ĭum and ōrum, n., the [[festival]] of the Lycean [[Pan]] ([[Lupercus]]), [[celebrated]] in February, in [[which]] the priests ([[Luperci]]), [[with]] [[their]] faces [[painted]] and [[only]] a [[girdle]] [[about]] [[their]] loins (cinctuti, Ov. F. 5, 101), ran [[about]] the [[city]] [[striking]] the women whom [[they]] met, a [[ceremony]] supposed to [[make]] [[them]] [[fruitful]]: ad Lupercalia, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; 2, 33, 84: hodierni diei res gestas Lupercalibus habebis, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; cf. Ov. F. 2, 267 sqq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 343. | ||
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Lŭpercal: ālis, n. Lupercalis,
I a grotto on the Palatine Hill, sacred to the Lycean Pan (Lupercus): gelidā monstrat sub rupe Lupercal, Verg. A. 8, 342; v. Serv. ad loc.: quamquam Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1: forsitan et quaeras cur sit locus ille Lupercal, Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,
A Lŭpercālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Lupercalia, Lupercal: sacrum, Suet. Aug. 31.—
B Hence, plur. as subst.: Lŭpercālĭa, ĭum and ōrum, n., the festival of the Lycean Pan (Lupercus), celebrated in February, in which the priests (Luperci), with their faces painted and only a girdle about their loins (cinctuti, Ov. F. 5, 101), ran about the city striking the women whom they met, a ceremony supposed to make them fruitful: ad Lupercalia, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; 2, 33, 84: hodierni diei res gestas Lupercalibus habebis, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; cf. Ov. F. 2, 267 sqq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 343.
