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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lŭpus</b>: i, m. [[kindred]] [[with]] [[λύκος]]; Sanscr. vrika, and [[our]] [[wolf]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[wolf]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: torva [[leaena]] lupum sequitur, [[lupus]] [[ipse]] capellam, Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80: [[Martialis]] [[lupus]], [[sacred]] to [[Mars]], Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so, [[Martius]], Verg. A. 9, 566: [[lupus]] [[femina]] for [[lupa]], a she-[[wolf]], Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73): [[lupus]] masculinum (est), [[quamquam]] [[Varro]] ... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus, Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the [[belief]] of the Romans, if a [[wolf]] [[saw]] a [[man]] [[before]] the [[latter]] [[saw]] him, the [[man]] became [[dumb]]: vox [[quoque]] Moerim Jam fugit ipsa; lupi Moerim videre priores, Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: [[lupus]] in fabulā or sermone, said of the [[appearance]] of a [[person]] [[when]] he is [[spoken]] of; as we [[say]] in English, [[talk]] of the [[devil]], and he appears: [[atque]] [[eccum]] [[tibi]] lupum in sermone, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54: de Varrone loquebamur: [[lupus]] in fabulā: venit [[enim]] ad me, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lupum auribus [[tenere]], to [[have]] a [[wolf]] by the ears, to be [[unable]] to [[hold]] and [[afraid]] to [[let]] go, i. e. to be in a [[situation]] of [[doubt]] and [[difficulty]], Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hac urget [[lupus]], hac [[canis]] angit, on this [[side]] the [[wolf]], on [[that]] the [[dog]], i. e. to be placed [[between]] [[two]] fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lupos [[apud]] oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28: ovem lupo committere, to [[intrust]] [[sheep]] to a [[wolf]], Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf. o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum! Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.: plenum montano credis [[ovile]] lupo? Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—（ε) Lupo agnum eripere, of a [[difficult]] [[undertaking]]; as in English, to [[snatch]] the [[meat]] from a [[dog]]'s [[mouth]], Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—（ζ) [[Lupus]] observavit, dum dormitaret [[canes]], of one [[who]] watches his [[opportunity]] to be [[unobserved]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—（η) Ovīs [[ultro]] fugiat [[lupus]], of a [[very]] [[improbable]] [[act]], Verg. E. 8, 52.—（θ) Tantum curamus frigora, [[quantum]] numerum (ovium) [[lupus]], i. e. do not [[care]] at all, as the [[wolf]] does not [[care]] [[whether]] the [[number]] of the [[sheep]] is [[right]] or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[voracious]] [[fish]], the [[wolf]]-[[fish]] or [[pike]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of [[spider]], Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[bit]] [[armed]] [[with]] points [[like]] wolves' teeth (frena lupata): et [[placido]] duros ([[equus]]) accipit [[ore]] lupos, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[hook]] [[with]] [[which]] things were hoisted: in alios lupi [[superne]] ferrei injecti, Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[small]] handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> The [[hop]], a [[plant]] (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>lŭpus</b>,⁹ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> loup : Cic. Phil. 3, 27 ; Plin. 10, 173 ; Quint. 1, 6, 12 ; [[lupus]] in [[fabula]] Cic. Att. 13, 33&nbsp;a, 1, comme le loup de la fable [prov., quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue], cf. Ter. Ad. 537 ; Serv. B. 9, 54 ; auribus [[teneo]] lupum Ter. Phorm. 506, je [[suis]] dans un grand embarras [il [[est]] dangereux de tenir le loup et aussi dangereux de le lâcher]<br /><b>2</b> espèce de poisson : Hor. S. 2, 2, 31 ; Plin. 9, 169 &#124;&#124; espèce d’araignée : Plin. 29, 85 &#124;&#124; [[mors]] armé de pointes : Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3 ; Stat. Ach. 1, 281 &#124;&#124; croc, grappin : Liv. 28, 3, 7 &#124;&#124; petite scie à main : Pall. 1, 43, 2 &#124;&#124; le houblon : Plin. 21, 86 &#124;&#124; masc. de [[lupa]], courtisane : Nov. Com. 7.||espèce d’araignée : Plin. 29, 85||[[mors]] armé de pointes : Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3 ; Stat. Ach. 1, 281||croc, grappin : Liv. 28, 3, 7||petite scie à main : Pall. 1, 43, 2||le houblon : Plin. 21, 86||masc. de [[lupa]], courtisane : Nov. Com. 7.
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{{Georges
|georg=lupus, ī, m. (altind. ka-ḥ, griech. [[λύκος]]), der [[Wolf]], I) eig.: [[genus]] [[acre]] luporum [[atque]] canum, Verg.: [[lupi]] [[rostrum]] ([[Schnauze]]), Plin.: [[lupi]] [[barba]], Wolfsbart (poet. = Wolfsschnauze), Hor.: [[habitus]] ([[Wolfsgestalt]]), Ambros.: simulacra luporum (der [[Wölfin]] [[mit]] ihren Jungen), Liv.: [[lupi]] rabiosi et voraces, Lact., rapaces, Hor. u. Lact., raptores, Verg.: [[lupus]] [[Martialis]] od. [[Martius]], dem [[Mars]] [[heilig]], Hor. u. Verg.: [[lupus]] [[femina]] (= [[lupa]]), [[Wölfin]], Enn. fr. u. [[Varro]]: [[homo]] [[subdolus]] voluit lupum [[sub]] [[ovis]] pelle celare, Lact.: im Bilde, [[numquam]] defuturos raptores Italicae libertatis lupos, [[nisi]] [[silva]], in [[quam]] refugere solerent, esset excisa, Vell. 2, 27, 2. – Die Alten glaubten ([[nach]] Plin. 8, 80), der [[Anblick]] eines Wolfes [[sei]] [[schädlich]], u. [[wenn]] er den Menschen [[eher]] sehe [[als]] [[dieser]] ihn, so verliere der [[Mensch]] die [[Sprache]]; dah. [[vox]] [[quoque]] Moerim [[iam]] fugit ipsa; [[lupi]] Moerim videre priores, Verg. ecl. 9, 53 sq. – Sprichw.: a) [[lupus]] in [[fabula]], der [[Wolf]] kommt, [[wenn]] [[man]] [[von]] ihm redet ([[wenn]] [[ein]] [[Mensch]], [[von]] dem [[man]] redet, [[gleich]] dazukommt), Ter. adelph. 537. Cic. ad Att. 13, 33, 4. Serv. Verg. ecl. 9, 54; [[ebenso]] [[eccum]] [[tibi]] lupum in sermone, Plaut. [[Stich]]. 577. – b) lupum auribus [[tenere]], λύκον [[τῶν]] [[ὤτων]] εχειν den [[Wolf]] [[bei]] den Ohren [[halten]] = [[sich]] in großer [[Verlegenheit]] [[befinden]], weder aus [[noch]] [[ein]] [[wissen]], Ter. Phorm. 506. Suet. Tib. 25, 1. – c) ovem lupo committere, den [[Bock]] zum [[Gärtner]] [[machen]], Ter. eun. 832; vgl. Cic. Phil. 3, 27; [[ebenso]] credere [[ovile]] lupo, Ov. art. am. 2, 363. – d) lupo agnum eripere, [[von]] [[einer]] schweren [[Sache]], Plaut. Poen. 776. – e) [[lupus]] [[non]] curat numerum (ovium), der [[Wolf]] frißt [[auch]] die gezählten Schafe, Verg. ecl. 7, 52. – f) [[lupus]] [[ultro]] fugiat oves, möge der [[Wolf]] [[freiwillig]] die Schafe [[fliehen]] ([[für]]: möge eine unmögliche [[Sache]] [[möglich]] [[werden]]), Verg. ecl. 8, 52. – g) hāc urget [[lupus]], hāc [[canis]], aiunt, [[unser]] »[[zwischen]] [[Tür]] u. [[Angel]] [[stecken]]« [[oder]] »aus dem [[Regen]] in die [[Traufe]] [[kommen]]« Hor. [[sat]]. 2. 2, 64. – II) übtr.: 1) v. der [[Gefräßigkeit]]: a) [[ein]] gefräßiger [[Fisch]], der gemeine Seebarsch, Laber. com. u. Nep. b. Plin. 9, 61. [[Varro]] r. r. 3, 3, 9. Colum. 8, 16, 4. Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 3, 32. Mart. 13, 89, 1: [[Tiberinus]], Macr. [[sat]]. 3, 16, 11. – b) [[ein]] Weichtier, vermutl. [[Doris]] [[Argo]] (L.), Plin. 11, 80 u.a. – 2) v. den Zähnen: a) [[ein]] [[Gebiß]] [[mit]] eisernen Wolfszähnen (= [[frenum]] lupatum), [[ein]] Wolfsgebiß, Brechzaum, Ov. trist. 4, 6, 4. Stat. Ach. 1, 281. – b) eine kleine [[Handsäge]], Pallad. 1, 43, 2. – c) [[ein]] [[Haken]], Raubhaken, ferrei, Liv. 28, 3, 7. – 3) v. der [[Ähnlichkeit]] der [[Gestalt]], der [[Hopfen]], [[ein]] [[Gewächs]] (Humulus lupulus, L.), Plin. 21, 86. – 4) scherzh. [[als]] masc. zu [[lupa]] ([[Buhldirne]]), Nov. com. 7. – 5) [[Lupus]], [[ein]] [[Beiname]] der [[gens]] [[Rutilia]], s. [[Rutilius]].
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|lnetxt=lupus lupi N M :: wolf; grappling iron
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|trtx=Abaza: квыджьма; Abenaki: môlsem; Abkhaz: абгаду, ақәыџьма; Adyghe: тыгъужъ; Afrikaans: wolf; Aghwan: 𐕒𐕡𐔾; Ainu: ホㇿケゥ, ウォセカムィ; Akkadian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏; Albanian: ujk; Aleut: aliĝngix̂; Algonquin: mahìgan, mokquishim; Amharic: ተኩላ; Andi: боцӏо; Arabic: ذِئْب‎; Egyptian Arabic: ديب‎; Gulf Arabic: ذيب‎; Moroccan Arabic: ديب‎; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܕܐܒܐ‎, ܕܐܒܬܐ‎; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דֵּיבָא‎; Armenian: գայլ; Old Armenian: գայլ; Asturian: llobu; Atikamekw: mahikan; Avar: бацӏ; Azerbaijani: canavar, qurd; Balti: شانكو‎; Baluchi: گرک‎; Bashkir: бүре; Basque: otso; Bats: ბჺორწ; Bavarian: Woif; Belarusian: воўк, ваўчыца, ваўчыха; Bengali: নেকড়ে; Blackfoot: omahkapi'si; Breton: bleiz; Bulgarian: вълк; Burmese: ဝံပုလွေ; Buryat: шоно; Catalan: llop; Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵛⵛⵏ; Central Sierra Miwok: húŋ·u-; Chagatai: بورى‎; Chakma: 𑄤𑄇𑄴; Chechen: борз; Cherokee: ᏩᏯ; Cheyenne: hó'nehe; Chinese Cantonese: 狼; Dungan: лон, мулон, лонвазы; Hakka: 狼; Mandarin: 狼; Min Dong: 狼; Min Nan: 狼; Wu: 狼; Chukchi: иʼны, ээʼгычгын; Chuvash: кашкӑр; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ; Cornish: bleydh; Corsican: lupu; Cree: mahihkan; Czech: vlk; Danish: ulv; Dogrib: dìga; Dolgan: бөрө; Dutch: [[wolf]]; Eastern Cham: ꨔꨪꩂ, ꨀꨧꨭꩃ ꨔꨪꩂ; Elfdalian: warg; Emilian: låuv; Erzya: верьгиз; Esperanto: lupo; Estonian: susi, hunt; Evenki: иргичи; Ewe: amegãxi; Faroese: úlvur; Finnish: susi, hukka, susihukka; Franco-Provençal: lop, luef; French: [[loup]]; Friulian: lôf, lôv; Gabrielino-Fernandeño: 'iisawut; Galician: lobo; Gaulish: drucocu; Georgian: მგელი; German: [[Wolf]], [[Meister Graubein]]; Gilaki: ورگ‎; Gondi: तोडेल्ली; Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃; Greek: [[λύκος]]; Ancient Greek: [[λύκος]]; Greenlandic: amaroq; Guaraní: jaguaru; Gujarati: ભેડીયો; Haida: g̱úuj; Hawaiian: ʻīlio hae; Hebrew: זְאֵב‎; Hindi: भेड़िया, वृक, गुर्ग; Holikachuk: nikʼighun; Hopi: kwewu; Hungarian: farkas; Hunsrik: Wollef; Icelandic: úlfur; Ido: volfo; Indonesian: serigala; Ingrian: suzi; Ingush: борз; Interlingua: lupo; Inuktitut: ᐊᒪᕈᖅ; Inupiaq: amaġuq; Irish: faolchú, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta; Middle Irish: fáel, fáelchú, sídach; Old Irish: cú, cú allaid, macc tíre, fáel; Istro-Romanian: lup; Italian: [[lupo]]; Itelmen: хывнэ; Japanese: 狼, オオカミ, ウルフ; Javanese: mbaung; Jicarilla: ba'iitso; Kabardian: дыгъужь; Kaki Ae: weldok; Kalasha: grast; Kalmyk: чон; Kannada: ತೋಳ; Karachay-Balkar: бёрю; Karakalpak: bo'ri, qasqır; Karelian: hukka; Kashmiri: رامہٕ ہوٗن‎; Kashubian: wilk; Kazakh: бөрі, қасқыр; Ket: ӄыт; Khakas: пӱӱр; Khmer: ចចក; Khvarshi: боцӏа; Kildin Sami: пальтэсь, скуммьп; Komi-Zyrian: кӧин; Korean: 늑대, 이리; Koryak: гʼэгылӈын; Koyraboro Senni: ganjihanŝi; Kumyk: бёрю; Kurdish Central Kurdish: گورگ‎; Laki: گوِرگ‎; Northern Kurdish: gur, gurg; Southern Kurdish: گوِرگ‎; Kyrgyz: бөрү, карышкыр; Ladin: bolp; Lak: барцӏ; Lakota: šuŋgmánitu tȟáŋka; Lao: ໝາປ່າ; Latgalian: vylks; Latin: [[lupus]]; Latvian: vilks; Lenape Unami: tëme; Lezgi: жанавур; Ligurian: lô; Lithuanian: vilkas; Livvi: hukku; Lolopo: veimar; Lombard: lóff; Low German: Wulf; Luxembourgish: Wollef; Macedonian: волк; Malagasy: amboadia; Malay Jawi: سريݢالا‎, ذيب‎; Rumi: serigala, zib; Malayalam: ചെന്നായ്; Maltese: dib, lupu; Manchu: ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡝ; Manx: filliu, moddey oaldey; Maori: wuruhi, wuruwhi; Marathi: लांडगा, वृक; Mari Eastern Mari: пире; Western Mari: пирӹ; Mazanderani: ورگ‎; Mbyá Guaraní: aguara-jagua; Mi'kmaq: paqt'sm anim, paqtesm anim, paqte'smug anim; Mingo: utháyôni; Mingrelian: გერი; Mirandese: lhobo; Moksha: врьгаз; Mongolian: чоно; Montagnais: maikan; Muong: khỏl; Mòcheno: bolf; Nahuatl: cuetlāchtli; Nanai: енгур; Navajo: mąʼiitsoh; Naxi: paqkee, xulkee; Nepali: ब्वाँसो; Nganasan: ӈӱлиаӡә; Ngazidja Comorian: dhiiɓu; Nivkh: лиғс; Nogai: боьри; Nootka: qʷayac̕iik; North Frisian: ulf, Ulv; Northern Sami: gumpe; Norwegian Bokmål: ulv, varg, gråbein; Nynorsk: ulv, varg, gråbein; Occitan: lop; Ojibwe: ma'iingan; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: влькъ, вльчица; Glagolitic: ⰲⰾⱐⰽⱏ; Old East Slavic: вълкъ; Old English: wulf; Old Norse: úlfr; Oromo: yeeyyii; Oroqen: guykə; Ossetian: бирӕгъ; Pashto: لېوه‎, شرمښ‎; Pawnee: ckírihki; Persian: گرگ‎; Piedmontese: luv; Plains Apache: ba'; Plautdietsch: Wulf; Polabian: våuk; Polish: wilk anim, basior anim, wadera; Portuguese: [[lobo]]; Punjabi Gurmukhi: ਬਘਿਆੜ; Shahmukhi: بَگِھیاڑ‎; Quechua: atawka; Romani: ruv; Romanian: lup; Romansch: luf, louf; Russian: [[волк]], [[волчица]]; Rusyn: вовк; Sabine: hirpus; Salar: bori; Samogitian: vėlks; Sanskrit: वृक, श्वक; Saterland Frisian: Wulf; Scots: wouf; Scottish Gaelic: faol, madadh-allaidh; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: вук; Roman: vuk; Seri: xeecoj, ziix yacö caixaj; Sherpa: སྤྱང་ཀུ; Shor: пӧрӱ; Sichuan Yi: ꆿꍫ, ꆿꆚ; Sicilian: lupu; Sinhalese: වෘකයා; Skolt Sami: čõrmm; Slovak: vlk; Slovene: volk; Somali: yey; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: wjelk; Upper Sorbian: wjelk; Southern Altai: бӧрӱ; Spanish: [[lobo]]; Sumerian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏; Svan: თხე̄რე; Swahili: mbwa mwitu; Swedish: varg, ulv; T'en: laput; Tabasaran: жанавар; Tagalog: lobo; Tahltan: ch'iyōne; Tajik: гург; Tamil: ஓநாய்; Taos: kòléna; Tatar: бүре; Telugu: తోడేలు; Thai: หมาป่า, สุนัขป่า; Tibetan: སྦྱང་ཀུ, སྤྱང་ཀི; Tigrinya: ተዅላ; Tlingit: g̱ooch; Tocharian B: walkwe; Tok Pisin: weldok; Translingual: Canis lupus; Tundra Nenets: ӈылека, сармик; Turkish: kurt, börü; Turkmen: böri, gurt, möjek; Tuvan: бөрү; Udi: ул; Udmurt: кион; Ukrainian: вовк, вовчиця, вовчиха; Urak Lawoi': อาซู ฮูตัด; Urdu: بھیڑیا‎; Urum: джанавар; Uyghur: قۇرت‎, بۆرە‎, قاراشقاۇ‎, قارىشقۇ‎; Uzbek: boʻri, qashqir; Venetian: łovo, lóvo; Veps: händikaz; Vietnamese: sói, chó sói; Vilamovian: wūf; Volapük: lup, ludog; Votic: susi; Võro: susi; Walloon: leu; Welsh: blaidd; West Frisian: wolf; Western Apache: ma'choh, ba'choh, ba'cho, mbaaʼtsu; Winnebago: šųųkjąk; Yagnobi: урк; Yakut: бөрө; Yiddish: וואָלף‎; Yokuts Southern Valley Yokuts: yawlicʼ; Yup'ik: kegluneq; Zazaki: verg; Zhuang: manaez; Zulu: inja yasendle; Zuni: yuna:wik'o
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