Lupercus
Lupercus, protector against wolves
Lupercī, ōrum, m.: priests of Lupercus or Lycean Pan, 8.663.
Lŭpercus, i, m. [lupus, and perh. arceo].
- 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 Caesar, 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.
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.
parce philargyrie, livide Luperce, / ritum idolatrie parcius exerce
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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 dʼhomme : Mart. 1, 117, 1.
Usagium de securibus et de potariis et de Lupercis solent valere xv. lib.
Lupercus ī, m
- lupus + ARC-, protector against wolves, a title of the Lycean Pan; hence, a priest of the Lycean Pan, C., V., Iu.
Lupercus
or Sulpicius Lupercus Servastus Iunior. A poet, who appears to have lived during the latter period of the Western Empire. He has left an elegy on cupidity and a sapphic ode on old age, printed in the Poetae Latini Minores of Bährens, iv. 107.