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.

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Singular
lupus

Plural
uncountable

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.

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[edit] Italian

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lupus m. inv.

  1. (pathology) lupus

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[edit] Latin

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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.

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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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