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Webster 1913 Edition

Lupercalia

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Luˊper-ca′li-a

,

Noun.

pl.

[L.

luperealis

, fr.

Lupercus

the Lycean Pan, so called fr.

lupus

a wolf, because he kept off the wolves.]

(Rom. Antiq.)

A feast of the Romans in honor of

Lupercus

, or Pan.