English[]
Etymology[]
From Latin lupānar, from lupa (“‘prostitute’”), literally ‘she-wolf’, from lupus (“‘wolf’”).
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: /lu:'peɪnɑ:/
Noun[]
Singular |
Plural |
Lupanar ({{{1}}})
- A brothel.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
- A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
French[]
Noun[]
Lupanar m. (plural Lupanars)
- (dated or literary) A brothel.
Latin[]
Etymology[]
From lupa (“‘prostitute’”)
Noun[]
lupānar (genitive lupānāris); n, third declension
- brothel
- c. 254–184 BCE — Plautus, Bacchides 3.3
- qui in lupanari accubat.
- who relaxes in the brothel.
- qui in lupanari accubat.
- c. 254–184 BCE — Plautus, Bacchides 3.3
- accusative singular of lupānar
- vocative singular of lupānar
Inflection[]
Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | lupānar | lupānāria |
genitive | lupānāris | lupānārium |
dative | lupānārī | lupānāribus |
accusative | lupānar | lupānāria |
ablative | lupānārī | lupānāribus |
vocative | lupānar | lupānāria |
References[]
- “lupanar” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
el:lupanar es:lupanar fr:lupanar io:lupanar it:lupanar pl:lupanar pt:lupanar ru:lupanar fi:lupanar vi:lupanar zh:lupanar