Lu-pẽr'cal1, a.
a. Pertaining to the Lupercalia.
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a. Pertaining to the Lupercalia.
Lu-pẽr'cal, n. sing., Lū'per-cā'li-ȧ, n. pl. [Lat. lupercalis, from Lupercal, a grotto in the Palatine Hill, sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan, from lupus, the wolf; so called because he kept off the wolves.] (Rom. Antiq.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Pan.
☞ In Shakespeare, the accentuation is Lu'per-cal.