Crossword-Solution: FEBRUA
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| MARS, mother of | 1 answer |
| MONTH derivation of February | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FEBRUA (5)
Catherine's on the coast of Brazil, a butterfly called Februa Hoffmanseggi, makes a noise, when flying away, like a rattle.
Catherine’s on the coast of Brazil, a butterfly called Februa Hoffmanseggi, makes a noise, when flying away, like a rattle.
The name of February is taken from _Februa_, _Februta_, or _Februalis_, names of Juno, who presided over the purification of women; or, according to other authors, from _Februis expiatoriis_, sacrifices for purging souls, there having been a feast on the second day of this month, when sacrifices were offered to Pluto for the souls of the dead.
The Romans believed that blows with these _februa_ (strips of the victim's skin) made women fertile; they were therefore clearly magical implements, but beyond this we do not seem to get.
FEB´RUARY (from the Roman _Februa_, a festival of expiation or purification), the second month in the year, having twenty-eight days, except in leap-year, when it has twenty-nine.