lupanar
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin lupānar, from lupa (“prostitute”), literally ‘she-wolf’, from lupus (“wolf”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /luːˈpeɪnɑː/
[edit] Noun
lupanar (plural lupanars)
- A brothel.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
- A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
[edit] Related terms
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
lupanar m. (plural lupanars)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From lupa (“prostitute”)
[edit] Noun
lupānar (genitive lupānāris); n, third declension
- brothel
- accusative singular of lupānar
- vocative singular of lupānar
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lupānar | lupānāria |
| genitive | lupānāris | lupānārium |
| dative | lupānārī | lupānāribus |
| accusative | lupānar | lupānāria |
| ablative | lupānārī | lupānāribus |
| vocative | lupānar | lupānāria |
[edit] References
- lupanar in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879