lupinus

See also: Lupinus

Latin

Etymology

From lupus (“wolf”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luˈpiː.nus/, [ɫ̪ʊˈpiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈpi.nus/, [luˈpiːnus]

Adjective

lupīnus (feminine lupīna, neuter lupīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a wolf.
2. (by extension) Wolf-like.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lupīnus	lupīna	lupīnum		lupīnī	lupīnae	lupīna
Genitive	lupīnī	lupīnae	lupīnī		lupīnōrum	lupīnārum	lupīnōrum
Dative	lupīnō		lupīnō		lupīnīs
Accusative	lupīnum	lupīnam	lupīnum		lupīnōs	lupīnās	lupīna
Ablative	lupīnō	lupīnā	lupīnō		lupīnīs
Vocative	lupīne	lupīna	lupīnum		lupīnī	lupīnae	lupīna

Related terms

• lupus

Noun

lupīnus m (genitive lupīnī); second declension

1. A lupine or wolf-bean.

Usage notes

Lupine flowers were used as mock-money in the theater.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lupīnus	lupīnī
Genitive	lupīnī	lupīnōrum
Dative	lupīnō	lupīnīs
Accusative	lupīnum	lupīnōs
Ablative	lupīnō	lupīnīs
Vocative	lupīne	lupīnī

Synonyms

• lupīnum

Descendants

• Catalan: llobí
• → English: lupine
• French: lupin
• Italian: lupino
• Portuguese: lupino
• Romanian: lupin
• Spanish: lupino
• Translingual: Lupinus

References

• “lupinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lupinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lupinus 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)
• lupinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.