Lupus
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Lupus m
- (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.
Hypernyms
- (genus): See Canis
References
- Canis lupus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluːpəs/
Proper noun
Lupus
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
- A city and village in Missouri, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
summer constellation of the southern sky
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫʊ.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.pus]
Proper noun
Lupus m sg (genitive Lupī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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 ?