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Luperca
Luperca
Latin
Proper noun
Luperca f (genitive Lupercae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) A goddess of the old Romans, the wife of Lupercus, identified with the deified she-wolf that suckled Rōmulus and Remus, and perhaps also identical with Acca Lārentia.
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Luperca |
| genitive | Lupercae |
| dative | Lupercae |
| accusative | Lupercam |
| ablative | Lupercā |
| vocative | Luperca |
Descendants
- Russian: Лу́перка (Lúperka)
References
- Lŭperca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Luperca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 927/3.
- “Luperca” on page 1,051/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)