Matthew 8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. [kjv]
και ελθων ο ιησους εις την οικιαν πετρου ειδεν την πενθεραν αυτου βεβλημενην και πυρεσσουσαν [gnt]
8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. [kjv]
και ηψατο της χειρος αυτης και αφηκεν αυτην ο πυρετος και ηγερθη και διηκονει αυτοις αυτω [gnt]
The Latin word
"februum" ≈ "purification" which is cognate with the Latin word
"febris" ≈ "fever" from the
PIE (Proto Indo-European) root
"*DEG" ≈ "burn, warm" and from which we get the English word
"fever".
The Roman
purification ritual of
February was on
February 15, the full moon of the original Roman lunar calendar. The Latin word
"februum" ≈ "purification" became the name for the month of
February which had been the
last month of the year, and the only month with less than 30 days.
Do you ever have a
February fever?
