Luperca

Latin

Etymology

Femininization of Lupercus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈper.ka/, [ɫ̪ʊˈpɛrkä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈper.ka/, [luˈpɛrkä]

Proper noun

Luperca f sg (genitive Lupercae); first declension

(Roman mythology) A goddess of the old Romans, the wife of Lupercus, identified with the deified she-wolf that suckled Rōmulus and Remus, and perhaps also identical with Acca Lārentia.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Luperca
Genitive	Lupercae
Dative	Lupercae
Accusative	Lupercam
Ablative	Lupercā
Vocative	Luperca

Descendants

Russian: Лу́перка (Lúperka)

References

“Lŭperca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Luperca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 927/3.
“Luperca” on page 1,051/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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