Lupus

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See also: lupus and lúpus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Proper noun

Lupus m

  1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – now called Canis, the genus that includes wolves and dogs, which have no essential characters that taxonomically distinguish them as genera.

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References

English

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Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lupus

  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
  2. A city and village in Missouri, United States.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lupus m sg (genitive Lupī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lupus
Genitive Lupī
Dative Lupō
Accusative Lupum
Ablative Lupō
Vocative Lupe

Descendants

  • French: Loup
  • Italian: Lupo
  • Spanish: Lope

References

  • “Lupus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lupus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Proper noun

Lupus ?

  1. (astronomy) Lupus (summer constellation of the northern sky)
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