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A surname of Jupiter, derived from ferire, to strike; for persons who took an oath called upon Jupiter to strike them if they swore falsely, as they struck the victim which they sacrificed.
Festus, Sext. Pompeius. A Roman grammarian in the fourth century of our era, the author of a dictionary or glossary of Latin words and phrases, of which a considerable portion is extant.