lupus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) wolf (C. lupus)
2. (declension-2, masculine) an animal which acts in the savage manner of a wolf
3. (declension-2, masculine) an animal which acts in the savage manner of a wolf
4. (declension-2, masculine) an animal which acts in the savage manner of a wolf
5. (declension-2, masculine) a tool which is shaped like a wolf's tooth
6. (declension-2, masculine) a tool which is shaped like a wolf's tooth
7. (declension-2, masculine) a tool which is shaped like a wolf's tooth
8. (declension-2, masculine) hops (H. lupulus)

Concepts

wolf

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grey wolf

hop

grey

canid

he-wolf

hound

pup

Synonyms

lupae

lupa

hirpus

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lupi

irpus

humulus

lupi lupa

Translations

Wolf

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lobo

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loup

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lupo

🐺

lobo

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wolf

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llop

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kurt

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λύκος

lop

ذئب

🐺

loba

gur

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louve

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɫʊ.pʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”), with a metathesis of *wĺ̥- to *lú-. The shift of *kʷ to /p/ can be explained as a borrowing from an Osco-Umbrian language, where the change is regular. Another example of a borrowing with that shift is popīna.
Cognates include Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos), Sanskrit वृक (vṛka), Old English wulf, and Old Church Slavonic влькъ (vlĭkŭ). Doublet of lycos and Lycus; not cognate to Latin vulpēs (“fox”).