lupanaria

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably from substantivisation of lupānar +‎ -āria.

Noun

lupānāria f (genitive lupānāriae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a prostitute
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lupānāria lupānāriae
Genitive lupānāriae lupānāriārum
Dative lupānāriae lupānāriīs
Accusative lupānāriam lupānāriās
Ablative lupānāriā lupānāriīs
Vocative lupānāria lupānāriae

References
  • lupanaria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “lupanaria”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/1, “lupanaria”

Etymology 2

See lupānar (“brothel”).

Noun

lupānāria n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lupānar
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