lupa

lŭpa, ae, f. [lupus], a she-wolf.

• I 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.—
• II Transf.
• • A A prostitute, vile woman, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22 (403): ille, qui semper secum scorta, semper 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 (656).—
  • B The name of a dog, Col. 7, 12, 13.

lupa, ae, f. (lupus), I) die Wölfin, Liv. 1, 4, 6 u. 10, 23, 12. Iustin. 13, 2, 6. Hor. carm. 3, 27, 2. – II) übtr.: a) die öffentliche Buhldirne, Plaut. Epid. 403. Nov. com. 7. Laber. com. 56. Lucil. 334. Iuven. 3, 66. Cic. Mil. 55. Liv. 1, 4, 7. Aur. Vict. de orig. gent. Rom. 21, 1. Amm. 28, 4, 9. – b) Name eines Hundes, Colum. 7, 12, 13.

1 lupa v. loupa

2 lupa [CL] 1 she-wolf; b (fig.). hic altellus ‥ i. Romulus, eo quod a ~a mirabiliter sit altus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 10; ~am conspicit sub specie ferina gemitus ‥ humanos emittentes Gir. TH II 19 p. 102; ~a, A. a femel wulfe WW.  b AncrR 36 (v. 2 lupus 1b). 2 prostitute. Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 264 (v. Gorgo 1b); meretrices ab obscenitatis et odoris ac rapacitatis similitudine ~as vocamus, unde et lupanaria dicimus Alb. Lond. DG 11. 11.

lŭpa, (12) æ, f. (lupus), ¶ 1 louve : Liv. 1, 4, 6 ; Hor. O. 3, 27, 2 ¶ 2 courtisane, prostituée : Pl. Epid. 403 ; Cic. Mil. 55 ; Liv. 1, 4, 7 ¶ 3 nom dʼun chien : Col. Rust. 7, 12, 13.

lupa , ae. f.
牝狼。娼婦。

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lŭpa, ae, f.: lupa.

lupa ae, f

• lupus, a she-wolf: sitiens, L.: Rava, H.: nutrix, V.—A prostitute, C., L., Iu.

Lupa

A she-wolf; an animal held in great veneration at Rome, because Romulus and Remus were fabled to have been suckled by one. See Romulus.

Lupa

A prostitute. See meretrix.