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prŏ-festus , a, um, adj. pro-festus; cf. profanus.
I. Lit., non-festival, not kept as a holiday, common; of days, workingdays: profestum diem dicebant qui festus non erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.: “profesti dies a festivitate vacui,Non. 434, 3; Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 11: “ut carpentis, festis profestisque diebus, per urbem vectemur,Liv. 34, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144: pejor, qui profestis diebus ageret, quod feriatis deberet, Cato ap Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40. luces, working-days, Hor C. 4, 15, 25; so, “lux,id. S. 2, 2, 116: “profestum facere est tamquam profanum facere, id est facere, quod feriis facere non licet, etc.,Fest. p. 253 Müll.—
II. Transf., like profanus, uninitiated, uncultivated, uneducated (post-class.): profestum et profanum vulgus, Gell. praef. fin.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Horace, Satires, 2.2.116
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.144
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 3
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