lupanar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lupānar, from lupa (“prostitute”), literally ‘she-wolf’, from lupus (“wolf”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lupanar (plural lupanars)
- A brothel.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
- A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
lupanar m (plural lupanars)
External links[edit]
- “lupanar” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lupa (“prostitute”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lupānar n (genitive lupānāris); third declension
- brothel
- accusative singular of lupānar
- vocative singular of lupānar
Declension[edit]
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lupānar | lupānāria |
| genitive | lupānāris | lupānārium |
| dative | lupānārī | lupānāribus |
| accusative | lupānar | lupānāria |
| ablative | lupānārī | lupānāribus |
| vocative | lupānar | lupānāria |
Synonyms[edit]
- (brothel): prōstibulum
References[edit]
- lŭpānar in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lupanar in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lupanar in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- lupanar in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lupanar in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
lupanar m (plural lupanares)
- brothel (house of prostitution)
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
lupanar m (plural lupanares)
Synonyms[edit]
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