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Lu⋅per⋅ca⋅li⋅a

  [loo-per-key-lee-uh, ‑keyl-yuh]
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–noun, plural -li⋅a, -li⋅as.
a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
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Lu·per·ca·li·a   (lōō'pər-kā'lē-ə, -kāl'yə)   
n.  A fertility festival in ancient Rome, celebrated on February 15 in honor of the pastoral god Lupercus.

[Latin Lupercālia, from Lupercus, Roman god of flocks.]
Lu'per·ca'li·an adj.
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Lupercalia 
Roman festival held Feb. 15, in honor of Lupercus, god (identified with Lycean Pan) who had a grotto at the foot of the Palatine Hill, from L. Lupercalia (pl.), from Lupercalis "pertaining to Lupercus," whose name derives from lupus "wolf."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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