luparius

Latin

Etymology

lupus (“wolf”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈpaː.ri.us/, [ɫ̪ʊˈpäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈpa.ri.us/, [luˈpäːrius]

Noun

lupārius m (genitive lupāriī or lupārī); second declension

1. (Classical Latin) a wolf-hunter
2. (Medieval Latin) a wolfhound

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lupārius	lupāriī
Genitive	lupāriī lupārī1	lupāriōrum
Dative	lupāriō	lupāriīs
Accusative	lupārium	lupāriōs
Ablative	lupāriō	lupāriīs
Vocative	lupārie	lupāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Spanish: lobero
• Portuguese: lobeiro

References

• “lŭpārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luparius 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)
• luparius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/1, “luparius”