lupus

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

[edit] Noun

lupus

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

[edit] English

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[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

autoimmune disease

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

lupus m. inv.

  1. (pathology) lupus

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[edit] Latin

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[edit] Etymology

From Osco-Umbrian, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Osco-Umbrian regularly has Proto-Indo-European */kʷ/ → /p/. Instead of expected **volpos (compare Latin **volquus), there is l/w metathesis, most likely to avoid conflation with volpēs (“fox”).

[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

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