Definitions for Lupercus

Lupercus Lu·per·cus

Spelling: [loo-pur-kuh s]
IPA: /luˈpɜr kəs/

Lupercus is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 227 anagrams from letters in Lupercus (celprsuu).

Definitions for Lupercus

noun

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

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Lupercus was, primarily, the god of shepherds, said to have been so called because he protected the flocks from wolves.

The Grotto of Lupercus is the oldest sanctuary of kingly Rome.

As such he is akin to or identical with Inuus (“fructifier”) and Lupercus (see Lupercalia).

Lupercus, an ancient Italian god, worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks against wolves.

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

The Lupercal was the sanctuary of Lupercus ('wolf-repeller'), an old Roman shepherd god.

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