lupa Latin · revision 32706

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la lupus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɫʊ.pa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈluː.pa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lupa''' ''f'' (genitive lupae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[lupus]] “wolf”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan finds the origin of [[m|la|lupus]] uncertain: either [[ine-pro|*ulkʷo-|t=wolf]] through a Sabellic form, or a root meaning “marten”.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary explains the sense “prostitute” either as a comparison with the wolf's rapacity, as Isidore thought, or as a reference to the she-wolf's supposed uncleanliness.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates the sense “prostitute” from Plautus and “she-wolf” from Propertius.^(de Vaan 2008) In Plautus' ''Epidicus'' the ways of a maiden and a prostitute are said to be far apart.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a she-wolf: Propertius addresses Romulus as fed on the hard milk of the she-wolf, and Livy and Quintilian speak of the she-wolf of Romulus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace has a grey she-wolf running down from Lanuvium, and Ovid a ravening she-wolf given charge of the sheepfold.^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Plautus on it is also a prostitute.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Its derivative [[lupanar|alt=lupānar]] “brothel” is also found from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a prostitute.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of the she-wolf of Romulus.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a she-wolf from Lanuvium.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of Romulus' she-wolf.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|she-wolf]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(slang)'' A [[m|en|prostitute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lupor]]

+ * [[lupula]]

+ * [[lupānar]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lupus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}