(“februalia” (also “februatio”) was the ‘roman festival’ of ‘ritual purification’, later incorporated into ‘lupercalia’)
(the festival, which is basically one of ‘spring washing’ or ‘cleaning’ (associated also with the amount of precipitation during this time of the year) is ancient, and possibly of ‘sabine’ origin)
(according to ‘ovid’, februare as a ‘latin word’ which refers to ‘means of purification’ (particularly with ‘washing’ or ‘water’) derives from an earlier etruscan word referring to ‘purging’)
(the roman month ‘februarius’ (“of februa,” whence the english ‘february’ derives) is named for the ‘februa’ / (or ‘februatio’) festival, which occurred on the 13th to 15th days of this ‘roman month’)
(a later roman god ‘februus’ personified both the ‘month’ and also ‘purification’, and is named for them)
(thus, the month is named for the ‘festival’ and not for the ‘god’)
(some sources connect the ‘latin word’ for ‘fever’ (febris) with the same idea of ‘purification’ or ‘purging’, due to the ‘sweating’ commonly seen in association with ‘fevers’)
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