februum

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *feɣʷrwom (belonging to an offering, means of purification), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰégʷʰrwom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰógʷʰrus (belonging to a burning, an offering), from *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn, warm), cognate with febris.

    Noun

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    februum n (genitive februī); second declension

    1. means of purification, expiatory offerings

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    Derived terms

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    References

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    • februum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • februum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • februum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • februum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
    • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 269
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “februum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208