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|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. | |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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|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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Revision as of 06:57, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lŭpercus: i, m. lupus, and perh. arceo.
I The Roman name of the Lycean Pan (so called because he protected the flocks from wolves), Just. 4, 3, 1.—Far more freq.,
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lŭpercus,¹² ī, m.,
1 Lupercus [un des noms de Pan : Just. 4, 3, 1
2 Luperque [prêtre de Lupercus ou Pan : Cic. Phil. 2, 85 ; Virg. En. 8, 663 ; Ov. F. 2, 267
3 nom d’homme : Mart. 1, 117, 1.
