Lupercal

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kəl

Etymology 1

Lupercālis

Adjective

Lupercal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Lupercalia.

Etymology 2

Lupercal

Proper noun

Lupercal

1. A grotto.

Latin

Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated Lupercāle, nominative neuter singular of Lupercālis (“of the Lupercālia or Lupercus”). See -al.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luˈper.kal/, [ɫ̪ʊˈpɛrkäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈper.kal/, [luˈpɛrkäl]

Proper noun

Lupercal n sg (genitive Lupercālis); third declension

1. Lupercal

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lupercal
genitive	Lupercālis
dative	Lupercālī
accusative	Lupercal
ablative	Lupercālī
vocative	Lupercal

See also

• Lupercālia
• Lupercus

References

• “Lupercal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lupercal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.