lupus

Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Noun

lupus

1. The specific name of the grey wolf, Canis lupus.

Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of wolf.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͝o'pəs, IPA^(key): /ˈluːpəs/
• Rhymes: -uːpəs

Noun

lupus (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupus.

Noun

lupus m (uncountable)

1. lupus

Noun

lupus m (invariable)

1. (medicine) lupus

Etymology

From an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Osco-Umbrian regularly changes Proto-Indo-European */kʷ/ into /p/, which indicates that the word was borrowed rather than directly inherited from Proto-Italic.^[1]

Cognates include Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos), Sanskrit वृक (vṛka), Old English wulf, and Russian волк (volk). Not a cognate of volpēs (“fox”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pus/, [ˈɫʊ.pʊs]

Noun

lupus m (genitive lupī); second declension (feminine lupa)

1. (zoology) wolf (C. lupus)

   Homo homini lupus est.

   Man is a wolf to man.

2. (zoology) an animal which acts in the savage manner of a wolf, particularly:
   1. pike (Esocidae)
   2. wolffish (Anarhichadidae)
   3. an uncertain kind of spider
3. (carpentry) a tool which is shaped like a wolf's tooth, particularly:
   1. a kind of bit
   2. a kind of handsaw
   3. a kind of hook used for hoisting objects
4. (botany) hops (H. lupulus)

References

• lupus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lupus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lupus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lupus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lupus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lupus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupus. Doublet of lobo

Noun

lupus m (uncountable)

1. lupus