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): /ˈu̯ir.lu.pus/, [ˈu̯ɪrɫ̪ʊpʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.lu.pus/, [ˈvirlupus]

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

versipellis

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