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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably from substantivisation of lupānar + -āria.
Noun
lupānāria f (genitive lupānāriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) a prostitute
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- lupanaria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “lupanaria”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/1, “lupanaria”
Etymology 2
See lupānar (“brothel”).
Noun
lupānāria n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lupānar