Luperca

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Latin

Etymology

Femininization of Lupercus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Luperca f sg (genitive Lupercae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of the old Romans, the wife of Lupercus, identified with the deified she-wolf that suckled Rōmulus and Remus, and perhaps also identical with Acca Lārentia.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Descendants

  • Russian: Лу́перка (Lúperka)

References

  • Lŭperca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Luperca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 927/3.
  • Luperca” on page 1,051/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)