luperci
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Lupercus, Luperci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
protector against wolves (Pan); priest in Lycean fertility festival (15 Feb);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fibula: uerpus erat. Eutrapelus tonsor dum circuit ora Luperci expingitque genas, altera barba subit. Dum mea Caecilio formatur..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...lateat coma flaminis, et tua multumverbera succincti formidavere Luperci. Et nunc ex illo forsan grege gentibus alter 185iura..."