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▪ I. ‖ Lupercal, n. Rom. Antiq.|ˈl(j)uːpəkæl|
[L. lupercāl, subst. form of lupercāle, neut. of lupercālis pertaining to Lupercus, a Roman deity commonly identified with the Greek Pan.]
1. A grotto on the Palatine sacred to Lupercus.
1513Douglas æneis viii. vi. 72 He schew him eik,..the cove, was call Full mony ȝeris in thair leid Lupercall,..To Pan the god of Licie consecrait.
2. A festival held annually in February in honour of Lupercus. Also pl. Lupercalia.
1600Holland Livy i. v. 5 Even in those daies..was the feastivall pastime Lupercal, used in mount Palatine. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. iii. ii. 100 You all did see, that on the Lupercall, I thrice presented him a Kingly Crowne. 1740J. Dupré Conform. Anc. & Mod. Cerem. 101 The Pagans could say the same of their Saturnals, Bacchanals and Lupercals. 1901Edin. Rev. Jan. 202 The Lupercalia was a Caesarian revival. Ibid. Oct. 328 His brother-conspirators of the proceedings at the Lupercal.
†b. transf. An orgy. Obs.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vii. 416 To turn God's Feasts to filthy Lupercals.
▪ II. † Luˈpercal, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. lupercālis: see prec.]
Pertaining to the Lupercal or Lupercalia.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 112 The Romans and Grecians had also a custom to sacrifice a dog in their Lycæan and Lupercal Feasts. 1656Blount Glossogr. s.v., Lupercalia, or lupercal Sacrifices. |