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Festus
•cactus • saltus • Diophantus • Sanctus
•Rastus, Theophrastus•altostratus, cirrostratus, nimbostratus, stratus
•conspectus, prospectus
•momentous, portentous
•asbestos, Festus
•apparatus, Donatus, hiatus, status
•acetous, boletus, Cetus, Epictetus, fetus, Miletus, quietus
•Hephaestus
•Benedictus, ictus, rictus
•Quintus • linctus • eucalyptus • cistus
•coitus
•circuitous, fortuitous, gratuitous
•Hippolytus • calamitous • tinnitus
•Iapetus • crepitus
•precipitous, serendipitous
•impetus • emeritus • spiritous
•Democritus, Theocritus
•Tacitus • necessitous
•duplicitous, felicitous, solicitous
•covetous
•iniquitous, ubiquitous
•detritus, Heraclitus, Polyclitus, Titus, Vitus
•Pocahontas, Pontus•Plautus, tortoise
•cobaltous
•Duns Scotus, lotus
•hostess
•arbutus, Brutus
•Eustace • conductus • cultus
•coitus interruptus • Augustus
•riotous • Herodotus • Oireachtas
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Festus (Sextus Pompeius Festus), fl. some time between AD 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.
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