Lupus

See also: lupus and lúpus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”)

Proper noun

Lupus m

  1. (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.

English

Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈluːpəs/

Proper noun

Lupus

  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
  2. A city/village in Missouri, US.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pus/, [ˈɫʊ.pʊs]

Proper noun

Lupus m (genitive Lupī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen

Descendants

References
  • 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

Spanish

Proper noun

Lupus ?

  1. (astronomy) Lupus (summer constellation of the northern sky)
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