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February
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February: see month month, in chronology, the conventional period of a lunation, i.e., passage of the moon through all its phases. It is usually computed at approximately 29 or 30 days.
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Do not harvest root crops for storage when Februarius is over the moon.
Sceve's fanciful speculations on the origins of the word "February" (Fevrier) are typical: [F]or the even-number [of days, there is the] following month, named Februarius by the Latins, February by us, and [epsilon][lambda][alpha][phi][eta][beta]o[lambda]l[omega][nu] -- by the Athenians, who in this month hunted deer (you know that this is [epsilon][lambda][alpha][phi]o[xi]) in memory of Diana, their titular goddess, and in whose name the festivals were celebrated.
 
 
 
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