The story
- Latin · borrowed fromLupercus
- English todayLupercus
Unadapted borrowing from Latin Lupercus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A god who protected flocks, in some sources identified with Faunus in the aspect of Inuus, and by extension as the equivalent of the Greek Πὰν Λυκαῖος (Pàn Lukaîos, “Lycaean Pan”). Full definition →
Unadapted borrowing from Latin Lupercus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.