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lupanaria

lupanaria

Latin

Noun

lupānāria f (genitive lupānāriae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a prostitute
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lupānāria lupānāriae
genitive lupānāriae lupānāriārum
dative lupānāriae lupānāriīs
accusative lupānāriam lupānāriās
ablative lupānāriā lupānāriīs
vocative lupānāria lupānāriae

References

  • LUPANARIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lupanaria in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/1, “lupanaria”

Etymology 2

See lupānar (brothel).

Noun

lupānāria n

  1. nominative plural of lupānar
  2. accusative plural of lupānar
  3. vocative plural of lupānar