virlupus
Latin
Etymology
From vir (“man”) + lupus (“wolf”), a calque of Old English werewulf, which it translates in the Consiliatio Cnuti (a twelfth-century Latin translation of Cnut’s laws).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪr.ɫʊ.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvir.lu.pus]
Noun
virlupus m (genitive virlupī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a man-wolf, a werewolf, a lycanthrope
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | virlupus | virlupī |
| genitive | virlupī | virlupōrum |
| dative | virlupō | virlupīs |
| accusative | virlupum | virlupōs |
| ablative | virlupō | virlupīs |
| vocative | virlupe | virlupī |
Synonyms
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “virlupus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC