lupa
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English
lupa lupae N F :: she-wolf; prostitute
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lŭpa: ae, f. lupus,
I a she-wolf.
I Lit.: rabidae tradis ovile lupae, Ov. A. A. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 4, 6: ab agro rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino, Hor. C. 3, 27, 3: quem nutrit dura papilla lupae, Prop. 5, 4, 54: lupa Romuli, Quint. 2, 4, 19; 3, 7, 5.—
II Transf.
A A prostitute, vile woman, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22: ille, qui semper secum scorta, sem per exoletos, semper lupas ducebat, Cic. Mil. 21, 55; Liv. 1, 4, 7: quibus grata est pictā lupa barbara mitrā, Juv. 3, 66; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21, 1: lupa, id est meretrix, Lact. 1, 19.—In a pun with the literal meaning, I. supra: nam ovis illius hau longe absunt a lupis, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 12.—
B The name of a dog, Col. 7, 12, 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lŭpa,¹² æ, f. (lupus),
1 louve : Liv. 1, 4, 6 ; Hor. O. 3, 27, 2
2 courtisane, prostituée : Pl. Epid. 403 ; Cic. Mil. 55 ; Liv. 1, 4, 7
3 nom d’un chien : Col. Rust. 7, 12, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
lupa, ae, f. (lupus), I) die Wölfin, Liv. 1, 4, 6 u. 10, 23, 12. Iustin. 13, 2, 6. Hor. carm. 3, 27, 2. – II) übtr.: a) die öffentliche Buhldirne, Plaut. Epid. 403. Nov. com. 7. Laber. com. 56. Lucil. 334. Iuven. 3, 66. Cic. Mil. 55. Liv. 1, 4, 7. Aur. Vict. de orig. gent. Rom. 21, 1. Amm. 28, 4, 9. – b) Name eines Hundes, Colum. 7, 12, 13.
