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lupa
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Lewis Short
lŭpa (noun F) : lupus
* A she-wolf.
* Lit.: rabidae tradis ovile lupae,Ov. A. A. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 4, 6: ab agro rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino,Hor. C. 3, 27, 3: quem nutrit dura papilla lupae,Prop. 5, 4, 54: lupa Romuli,Quint. 2, 4, 19; 3, 7, 5.
* Transf.
* A prostitute, vile woman, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22: ille, qui semper secum scorta, sem per exoletos, semper lupas ducebat,Cic. Mil. 21, 55; Liv. 1, 4, 7: quibus grata est pictā lupa barbara mitrā,Juv. 3, 66; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21, 1: lupa, id est meretrix,Lact. 1, 19.—In a pun with the literal meaning, I. supra: nam ovis illius hau longe absunt a lupis,Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 12.
* The name of a dog, Col. 7, 12, 13.
* A she-wolf.
* Lit.: rabidae tradis ovile lupae,Ov. A. A. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 4, 6: ab agro rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino,Hor. C. 3, 27, 3: quem nutrit dura papilla lupae,Prop. 5, 4, 54: lupa Romuli,Quint. 2, 4, 19; 3, 7, 5.
* Transf.
* A prostitute, vile woman, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22: ille, qui semper secum scorta, sem per exoletos, semper lupas ducebat,Cic. Mil. 21, 55; Liv. 1, 4, 7: quibus grata est pictā lupa barbara mitrā,Juv. 3, 66; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21, 1: lupa, id est meretrix,Lact. 1, 19.—In a pun with the literal meaning, I. supra: nam ovis illius hau longe absunt a lupis,Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 12.
* The name of a dog, Col. 7, 12, 13.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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