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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Lupercus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lupercus

  1. (Roman mythology) A 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”).

References

  1. ^ “Lupercus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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

Proper noun

Lupercus m sg (genitive Lupercī); second declension

  1. Lupercus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Lupercus
genitive Lupercī
dative Lupercō
accusative Lupercum
ablative Lupercō
vocative Luperce

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russian: Лу́перк (Lúperk)

Noun

Lupercus m (genitive Lupercī); second declension

  1. a priest of the god Lupercus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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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