#95755
02/16/2003 2:13 AM
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februate - to purge souls by sacrifice or prayers
- Thomas Blount's Glossographia, 1656
(from februare, to purify)
February was named for the Roman festival of purification, held on the 15th of this month.
februation - a ceremonial (religious) purification or cleansing; exorcism
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#95756
02/16/2003 2:48 AM
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Yeah!...Mardi Gras!  
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#95757
02/16/2003 2:53 AM
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held on the 15th of this month
So what's this got to do with wolves? And Lycean Pan?
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#95758
02/16/2003 2:59 AM
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So what's this got to do with wolves? And Lycean Pan?Aw, c'mon, Faldage... any excuse for a party!
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02/16/2003 3:00 AM
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#95760
02/16/2003 3:00 AM
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Wonderful word, tsuwm! Thank you! (from februare, to purify)
I know febrile is from febris (fever). Is there a connection between februare and febris? From the belief perhaps, that a fever was somehow purifying the system because the body broke into a sweat?
Here's a related snippet
The Latin root 'fugere', means to flee or escape. Some derivatives of this are subterfuge, fugitive and refugee. There is an herb called, 'feverfew', that has been studied for its alleged beneficial properties as a prophylactic agent for migraine. This herb was originally called, 'febrifuge', as it caused a 'fever to flee'. 
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02/16/2003 2:35 PM
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a connection between februare and febris?
If there is AHD4 doesn't note it. It says februa relates to an expiatory offering and is possibly from Sabine. Sabine was an Italic language but.
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