出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/06/14 21:34 UTC 版)
februm n (genitive febrī); second declension
Varro claims that the term was used by the Sabines to refer to purification. It is also mentioned, in the Commentaries on the Aeined of Virgil, that the term was used by the "ancients" ("veteres") to refer to goatskin. The text mentions that, from this original use, the term evolved to describe the goatskin thong used at Lupercalia to flog women.