lupus

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Translations 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Inflection 4.2.2 Related terms 4.2.3 Descendants

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

From Latin lupus (“‘wolf’”).

[edit] Noun

lupus

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

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͝o'pəs, IPA: /ˈluːpəs/, SAMPA: /"lu:p@s/

  Rhymes: -uːpəs

[edit] Noun

lupus (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A debilitating autoimmune disease which attacks the whole body, causing skin sores, pains throughout the body, lack of breath, and kidney and heart problems.

[edit] Translations

• Italian: lupus it(it) m.
• Serbian: zverinac m.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

lupus m. inv.

1. (pathology) lupus

[edit] Derived terms

• lupoma

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“‘wolf’”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos), Lithuanian vilkas. Possibly a borrowing from Osco-Umbrian where PIE *kʷ regularly gave /p/, or metathesis occurred because of a wolf taboo.

[edit] Noun

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

1. A wolf

   Homo homini lupus est.

   Man is a wolf to man.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lupus	lupī
genitive	lupī	lupōrum
dative	lupō	lupīs
accusative	lupum	lupōs
ablative	lupō	lupīs
vocative	lupe	lupī

[edit] Related terms

agnum lupo eripere velle (to wish the impossible, literally: to wish to rescue a lamb from a wolf) homō hominī lupus lupātus Lupercus

lupīnus Lupus lupus in fabula lupus in sermone

[edit] Descendants

Aragonese: lupo Asturian: llobu Catalan: llop Corsican: lupu Emiliano-Romagnolo: lauv Esperanto: lupo Franco-Provençal: lop

French: loup Galician: lobo Interlingua: lupo Istro-Romanian: lup Italian: lupo Ligurian: lô Maltese: lupu

Occitan: lop Portuguese: lobo Romanian: lup Sicilian: lupu Spanish: lobo Volapük: lup Walloon: leu