Lupercus

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[loo-pur-kuhs] / luˈpɜr kəs /

noun

1. an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.

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Example Sentences

It records the name of a Roman knight, Sufenas, who had held the office of Lupercus and had been a fellow of the Neapolitan phratria of Antinous—fretriaco Neapoli Antinoiton et Eunostidon.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

"Not in the least like Lupercus and Rufinus, certainly," another added.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

When there was a feast, all of these various kinds of families learned something of the worship of Mars, or Maia Dia, or Saturn, or Pales, or Lupercus.

From The Childhood of Rome by Lamprey, Louise

On the fifteenth of February, when in that warm clime spring was beginning to open the buds, the shepherds celebrated a feast in honor of Lupercus.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur