Lupus
English
/ˈluːpəs/
proper noun
Definitions
- (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
- (city and village in Missouri).
Etymology
Derived from Latin lupus (wolf, bit with jagged teeth).
Origin
Latin
lupus
Gloss
wolf, bit with jagged teeth
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狼
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lupus English
- *lupus cervulus Latin
- Lupercus Latin
- luparius Latin
- lupicĭnus Latin
- lupinus Latin
- lupulus Latin
- lupus Latin
- lupo Italian
- lupus Italian
- loup French
- lupeux French
- lobo Spanish, Castilian
- lupus Spanish, Castilian
- *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- lúpus Portuguese
- *weraz Proto-Germanic
- leu Old French
- lou Old French
- lu Old French
- lupo Esperanto
- lupus Catalan, Valencian
- robalo Galician
- lup Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lobo Old Portuguese
- lup Aromanian
- lupu Aromanian
- *lukʷos Proto-Italic
- llobu Asturian
- lôf Friulian
- lop Old Occitan
- lupu Sicilian
- lovo Venetian
- lóvo Venetian
- lup Volapük
- lô Ligurian
- lupo Aragonese
- lhobo Mirandese
- luef Franco-Provençal
- låuv Emilian
- lup Istro-Romanian