Luperca
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Femininization of Lupercus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /luˈper.ka/, [ɫ̪ʊˈpɛrkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈper.ka/, [luˈpɛrkä]
Proper noun
[edit]Luperca f sg (genitive Lupercae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) A goddess of the old Romans, the wife of Lupercus, identified with the deified she-wolf that suckled Rōmulus and Remus, and perhaps also identical with Acca Lārentia.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Luperca |
| genitive | Lupercae |
| dative | Lupercae |
| accusative | Lupercam |
| ablative | Lupercā |
| vocative | Luperca |
Descendants
[edit]- Russian: Лу́перка (Lúperka)
References
[edit]- “Lŭperca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Luperca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 927/3.
- “Luperca” on page 1,051/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)