virlupus

Latin

Etymology

From vir (“man”) +‎ lupus (“wolf”), a calque of Old English werewulf, which it translates in the Consiliatio Cnuti (a twelfth-century Latin translation of Cnut’s laws).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ir.lu.pus/, [ˈu̯ɪrɫ̪ʊpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.lu.pus/, [ˈvirlupus]

Noun

virlupus m (genitive virlupī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a man-wolf, a werewolf, a lycanthrope

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	virlupus	virlupī
Genitive	virlupī	virlupōrum
Dative	virlupō	virlupīs
Accusative	virlupum	virlupōs
Ablative	virlupō	virlupīs
Vocative	virlupe	virlupī

Synonyms

• versipellis

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “virlupus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC