lupus

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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Noun [edit]

lupus

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

English [edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

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Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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.

Translations [edit]

autoimmune disease

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

lupus m (invariable)

  1. (pathology) lupus

Derived terms [edit]

Latin [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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”).

Noun [edit]

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

  1. A wolf
    Homo homini lupus est.
    Man is a wolf to man.

Inflection [edit]

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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Descendants [edit]

Spanish [edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin lupus.

Noun [edit]

lupus m (usually uncountable)

  1. lupus
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