lupanaria

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lu.paːˈnaː.ri.a/, [ɫ̪ʊpäːˈnäːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.paˈna.ri.a/, [lupäˈnäːriä]

Etymology 1

Probably from substantivisation of lupānar +‎ -āria.

Noun

lupānāria f (genitive lupānāriae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) prostitute

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lupānāria	lupānāriae
Genitive	lupānāriae	lupānāriārum
Dative	lupānāriae	lupānāriīs
Accusative	lupānāriam	lupānāriās
Ablative	lupānāriā	lupānāriīs
Vocative	lupānāria	lupānāriae

Etymology 2

See lupānar (“brothel”).

Noun

lupānāria n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lupānar

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”