Fĕbrŭārĭus (in Inscr. sometimes written FEBRARIVS), ii, m., or Fĕbrŭāri-us mensis [februum],
the month of expiation (because on the 15th of this month the great feast of expiation and purification, Februa, was held), February , until the time of the decemvirs the last month of the Roman year, since then the second: ab diis inferis Februarius appellatus, quod tum his parentetur,