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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Lŭpercus</b>: i, m. [[lupus]], and perh. [[arceo]].<br /><b>I</b> The Roman [[name]] of the Lycean [[Pan]] (so called [[because]] he protected the flocks from wolves), Just. 4, 3, 1.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> A [[priest]] of the Lycean [[Pan]]: nudi [[Luperci]], Verg. A. 8, 663; Ov. F. 2, 267: nec prodest agili palmas praebere Luperco, Juv. 2, 142. There were at [[first]] [[two]] classes of these priests, the Fabiani and the Quintiliani, to whom [[afterwards]], in [[honor]] of Cæsar, were added the Juliani, Suet. Caes. 76. At [[first]] the priests were [[chosen]] [[only]] from the herdsmen, [[but]] [[afterwards]] [[young]] persons of the [[highest]] [[rank]] were [[received]] [[among]] [[them]]: ita eras [[Lupercus]], ut te consulem esse meminisse deberes, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85; Suet. Aug. 31.— There were also [[Luperci]] at [[Velitrae]], Inscr. Murat. 1, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Lŭpercus</b>,¹² ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> [[Lupercus]] [un des noms de [[Pan]] : Just. 4, 3, 1<br /><b>2</b> Luperque [prêtre de [[Lupercus]] ou [[Pan]] : Cic. Phil. 2, 85 ; Virg. En. 8, 663 ; Ov. F. 2, 267<br /><b>3</b> nom d’homme : Mart. 1, 117, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=Lupercus, ī, m. ([[lupus]] u. [[arceo]], Wolfsabwehrer), I) röm. [[Name]] [[des]] lycäischen [[Pan]], Iustin. 43, 1, 7. – II) [[ein]] [[Priester]] [[des]] lycäischen [[Pan]], Cic. Phil. 2, 85. Verg. Aen. 8, 663 u.a.
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