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Furina

Furina · f

a goddess worshipped in ancient Rome

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Where it lives

Letters to and from Quintus 1 · 0.54/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

Furīna — Lewis & Short

Furīna (also Furrīna), ae, f.,

I a goddess worshipped in ancient Rome, otherwise unknown: Furrinalia Furrinae, quod ei deae feriae reipublicae dies is, quojus deae honos apud antiquos. Nam ei sacra instituta annua et flamen attributus: nunc vix nomen notum paucis, Varr. L. L. 6, § 19 Müll.: quarum (Eumenidum) et Athenis fanum est et apud nos. ut ego interpretor, lucus Furinae, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46: ponticulus, qui est ad Furinae, Satricum versus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4.—

II Deriv. Furī-nālis (Furrīn-), e, adj., of or belonging to Furina, Furinal-: flamen, Varr. L. L. 5, § 84; 7, § 45 Müll.—In plur. subst.: Furī-nālia (Furrīn-), ium, n., the festival of Furina (celebrated on the 25th of July), Varr. L. L. 6, § 19; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. pp. 394 and 411; Paul. ex Fest. p. 88 Müll.

In the wild

Furinae Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.46
Furinae Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 3.1.4

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