Lupercus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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.
"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
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
Lupercus was, primarily, the god of shepherds, said to have been so called because he protected the flocks from wolves.
From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
