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Lupercus
Lupercus
Latin
Proper noun
Lupercus m (genitive Lupercī); second declension
- a Roman god who protected flocks, in some sources identified with Faunus in the aspect of Innus, and by extension as the equivalent of the Greek Πὰν Λυκαῖος (Pàn Lukaîos, “Lycaean Pan”)
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
nominative | Lupercus |
genitive | Lupercī |
dative | Lupercō |
accusative | Lupercum |
ablative | Lupercō |
vocative | Luperce |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Russian: Лу́перк (Lúperk)
Noun
Lupercus m (genitive Lupercī); second declension
- a priest of the god Lupercus
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Lupercus | Lupercī |
genitive | Lupercī | Lupercōrum |
dative | Lupercō | Lupercīs |
accusative | Lupercum | Lupercōs |
ablative | Lupercō | Lupercīs |
vocative | Luperce | Lupercī |
References
- Lŭpercus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lupercus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers