Lupercalia /(?)/

Lu·per·ca·li·a

Lupercalia

n. pl.

[L. luperealis, fr. Lupercus the Lycean Pan, so called fr. lupus a wolf, because he kept off the wolves.]

A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan. (Rom. Antiq.)

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