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1 Lupercal
Lupercal ālis, n [Lupercus], a grotto on the Palatine Hill, sacred to the Lycean Pan, V., C., O. — The festival of the Lycean Pan, L.—Usu. plur: ad Lupercalia.* * *grotto on Palatine hill sacred to Lycean Pan; fertility festival of Lycean Pan -
2 Lupercus
Lupercus ī, m [lupus + ARC-], protector against wolves, a title of the Lycean Pan; hence, a priest of the Lycean Pan, C., V., Iu.* * *protector against wolves (Pan); priest in Lycean fertility festival (15 Feb) -
3 Lupercal
Lŭpercal, ālis, n. [Lupercalis], a grotto on the Palatine Hill, sacred to the Lycean Pan (Lupercus):A. B.gelidā monstrat sub rupe Lupercal,
Verg. A. 8, 342;v. Serv. ad loc.: quamquam Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal,
Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:forsitan et quaeras cur sit locus ille Lupercal,
Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,Hence, plur. as subst.: Lŭpercālĭa, ĭum and ōrum, n., the festival of the Lycean Pan (Lupercus), celebrated in February, in which the priests (Luperci), with their faces painted and only a girdle about their loins (cinctuti, Ov. F. 5, 101), ran about the city striking the women whom they met, a ceremony supposed to make them fruitful:ad Lupercalia,
Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; 2, 33, 84:hodierni diei res gestas Lupercalibus habebis,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; cf. Ov. F. 2, 267 sqq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 343. -
4 Lupercalia
Lŭpercal, ālis, n. [Lupercalis], a grotto on the Palatine Hill, sacred to the Lycean Pan (Lupercus):A. B.gelidā monstrat sub rupe Lupercal,
Verg. A. 8, 342;v. Serv. ad loc.: quamquam Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal,
Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:forsitan et quaeras cur sit locus ille Lupercal,
Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,Hence, plur. as subst.: Lŭpercālĭa, ĭum and ōrum, n., the festival of the Lycean Pan (Lupercus), celebrated in February, in which the priests (Luperci), with their faces painted and only a girdle about their loins (cinctuti, Ov. F. 5, 101), ran about the city striking the women whom they met, a ceremony supposed to make them fruitful:ad Lupercalia,
Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; 2, 33, 84:hodierni diei res gestas Lupercalibus habebis,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; cf. Ov. F. 2, 267 sqq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 343. -
5 Lupercalis
Lŭpercal, ālis, n. [Lupercalis], a grotto on the Palatine Hill, sacred to the Lycean Pan (Lupercus):A. B.gelidā monstrat sub rupe Lupercal,
Verg. A. 8, 342;v. Serv. ad loc.: quamquam Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal,
Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:forsitan et quaeras cur sit locus ille Lupercal,
Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,Hence, plur. as subst.: Lŭpercālĭa, ĭum and ōrum, n., the festival of the Lycean Pan (Lupercus), celebrated in February, in which the priests (Luperci), with their faces painted and only a girdle about their loins (cinctuti, Ov. F. 5, 101), ran about the city striking the women whom they met, a ceremony supposed to make them fruitful:ad Lupercalia,
Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; 2, 33, 84:hodierni diei res gestas Lupercalibus habebis,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; cf. Ov. F. 2, 267 sqq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 343. -
6 Lupercus
Lŭpercus, i, m. [lupus, and perh. arceo].I.The Roman name of the Lycean Pan (so called because he protected the flocks from wolves), Just. 4, 3, 1.—Far more freq.,II.A priest of the Lycean Pan:nudi Luperci,
Verg. A. 8, 663; Ov. F. 2, 267:nec prodest agili palmas praebere Luperco,
Juv. 2, 142. There were at first two classes of these priests, the Fabiani and the Quintiliani, to whom afterwards, in honor of Cæsar, were added the Juliani, Suet. Caes. 76. At first the priests were chosen only from the herdsmen, but afterwards young persons of the highest rank were received among them:ita eras Lupercus, ut te consulem esse meminisse deberes,
Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85; Suet. Aug. 31.—There were also Luperci at Velitrae,
Inscr. Murat. 1, 3. -
7 Lycaeus
Lycaeus, i, m., = Lukaios, a mountain in Arcadia (now Dhiaforti), where Jupiter and Pan were worshipped, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Verg. G. 4, 539; Ov. M. 1, 217; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 17; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343 and 344:II.saxa Lycaei,
Verg. E. 10, 15.—Hence, -
8 λύκειος
II Λύκειος (written [full] Λύκηος Milet.1(7) No.282 (i B.C.)), epith. of Apollo, either as λυκοκτόνος (q. v.), or as the Lycian god (v. Λυκηγενής, Λύκιος), or (fr. Λύκη ) as the god of light:Λύκει' Ἄπολλον A.Ag. 1257
;εὐμενὴς δ' ὁ Λ. ἔστω Id.Supp. 686
(lyr.); in Id.Th. 145 (lyr.) there is a play upon the doubtful meanings, Λύκει' ἄναξ, λύκειος γενοῦ στρατῷ δαΐῳ, Lycean lord, be a very wolf to the enemy; so τοῦ λυκοκτόνου θεοῦ ἀγορὰ Λύκειος (this ἀγορά being an open place in Argos near the temple of Apollo Λύκειος) S.l.c.; cf. Λύκειον.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λύκειος
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Lupercal — Lu*per cal, n. A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lupercalia — Lu per*ca li*a, n. pl. [L. luperealis, fr. Lupercus the Lycean Pan, so called fr. lupus a wolf, because he kept off the wolves.] (Rom. Antiq.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lykaia — In Ancient Greece, the Lykaia (Greek: λυκαια) was an archaic festival with a secret ritual on the slopes of Mount Lykaion ( Wolf Mountain ), the tallest peak in rustic Arcadia. The rituals and myths of this primitive rite of passage centered upon … Wikipedia
Lupercalia — Roman festival held Feb. 15, in honor of Lupercus, god (identified with Lycean Pan) who had a grotto at the foot of the Palatine Hill, from L. Lupercalia (pl.), from Lupercalis pertaining to Lupercus, whose name derives from lupus wolf (see WOLF… … Etymology dictionary
