luparius

Latin

Etymology

lupus (“wolf”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luˈpaː.ri.us/, [ɫʊˈpaː.ri.ʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈpa.ri.us/, [luˈpaː.ri.us]

Noun

lupārius m (genitive lupāriī or lupārī); second declension

  1. (Classical Latin) a wolf-hunter
  2. (Medieval Latin) a wolfhound

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lupārius lupāriī
Genitive lupāriī
lupārī1		 lupāriōrum
Dative lupāriō lupāriīs
Accusative lupārium lupāriōs
Ablative lupāriō lupāriīs
Vocative lupārie lupāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • lŭpārĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luparius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • luparius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/1, “luparius”
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