Lupus
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Lupus m
- (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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- (genus): See Canis
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- Canis lupus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Lupus
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
- A city and village in Missouri, United States.
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summer constellation of the southern sky
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pus/, [ˈɫ̪ʊpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pus/, [ˈluːpus]
Proper noun edit
Lupus m sg (genitive Lupī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lupus |
Genitive | Lupī |
Dative | Lupō |
Accusative | Lupum |
Ablative | Lupō |
Vocative | Lupe |
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References edit
- “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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