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Festus (Sextus Pompeius Festus), (circa A.D. 100 and 400), Roman lexicographer; his surviving work, On the Meaning of Words, is an abridgment of the lost glossary of Marcus Verrius Flaccus. It is important as a primary source for Roman scholarship and Roman antiquities. Paul the Deacon abridged Pompeius Festus? work.
Festus is also the name of a town, see: Festus, Missouri.
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