Lupercus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a compound of lupus (“wolf”) +‎ arceō (“I ward off”), so named because of the god’s role as protector of flocks from wolves.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luˈper.kus/, [ɫʊˈpɛr.kʊs]

Proper noun

Lupercus m (genitive Lupercī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) a Roman god who protected flocks, in some sources identified with Faunus in the aspect of Innus, and by extension as the equivalent of the Greek Πὰν Λυκαῖος (Pàn Lukaîos, “Lycaean Pan”)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Lupercus
Genitive Lupercī
Dative Lupercō
Accusative Lupercum
Ablative Lupercō
Vocative Luperce

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

Lupercus m (genitive Lupercī); second declension

  1. a priest of the god Lupercus

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lupercus Lupercī
Genitive Lupercī Lupercōrum
Dative Lupercō Lupercīs
Accusative Lupercum Lupercōs
Ablative Lupercō Lupercīs
Vocative Luperce Lupercī

References
  • Lŭpercus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lupercus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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