Lupercus

American  

[loo-pur-kuhs] / luˈpɜr kəs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The same writer also says that the Pope tried to abolish it in the fifth century, but he succeeded only in sending it down to us in the name of St. Valentine instead of Lupercus.

From Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas by Various

The LUPERCALIA; a festival in honor of Lupercus, the god of fertility, was celebrated on the 15th of February.

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin

You feast so often without me, Lupercus, I've found a way by which to pay you out, I am incensed, and if you should invite me, What would I do, you ask me?

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

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

"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