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  • 1 lupus

    wolf.

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  • 2 Lupus

    1.
    lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

    Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

    Martialis lupus,

    sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

    Martius,

    Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

    lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

    Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

    lupi Moerim videre priores,

    Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

    atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

    de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

    Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
    (β).
    Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—
    (γ).
    Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—
    (δ).
    Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

    ovem lupo committere,

    to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

    o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

    Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

    plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

    Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—
    (ε).
    Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

    as in English,

    to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—
    (ζ).
    Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—
    (η).
    Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—
    (θ).
    Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—
    B.
    A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
    C.
    A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

    et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—
    D.
    A hook with which things were hoisted:

    in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

    Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—
    E.
    A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—
    F.
    The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.
    2.
    Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

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  • 3 lupus

    1.
    lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

    Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

    Martialis lupus,

    sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

    Martius,

    Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

    lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

    Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

    lupi Moerim videre priores,

    Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

    atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

    de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

    Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
    (β).
    Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—
    (γ).
    Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—
    (δ).
    Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

    ovem lupo committere,

    to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

    o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

    Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

    plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

    Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—
    (ε).
    Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

    as in English,

    to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—
    (ζ).
    Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—
    (η).
    Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—
    (θ).
    Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—
    B.
    A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
    C.
    A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

    et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—
    D.
    A hook with which things were hoisted:

    in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

    Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—
    E.
    A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—
    F.
    The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.
    2.
    Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

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  • 4 lupīnus

        lupīnus adj.    [lupus], of a wolf, wolf's: ubera: Iuba, Pr.—As subst m. and n a lupine, wolf-bean, V., Iu.: quid distent aera lupinis (lupines were used for money on the stage), H.
    * * *
    lupina, lupinum ADJ
    of or belonging to a wolf; made of wolf-skin

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  • 5 lupus

        lupus ī, m     a wolf: Torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam, V.: fulvus, O.: Martialis, sacred to Mars, H.: Ambigui, i. e. men in the form of wolves, O.—It was said that a man seen by a wolf before he saw the wolf lost his speech: vox quoque Moerim Iam fugit ipsa; lupi Moerim videre priores, V.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā, talk of the devil, and he appears, T., C.: auribus teneo lupum, i. e. am in great difficulty, T.: Hac urget lupus, hac canis, between two fires, H.: ovem lupo commisti, intrust a sheep to a wolf, T.: tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. care not at all, V.—A voracious fish, wolffish, pike, H., V.—A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (see lupatus): (equus) accipit ore lupos, O.—A hook, grappling iron: lupi ferrei, L.
    * * *
    wolf; grappling iron

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  • 6 Canis (Canis) lupus

    ENG gray wolf
    NLD wolf, (grijze wolf)
    GER Wolf, (Grauwolf)
    FRA loup commun, (loup gris (du Canada))

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  • 7 lupinum

    1.
    lŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [lupus], of or belonging to a wolf, wolf's:

    ubera,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    juba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 20:

    pellis,

    Plin. 28, 19, 78, § 257.—
    II.
    Transf., like a wolf: impetus, Enn. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 28 Vahl.): rictus, Prud. steph. 2, 98.
    2.
    lŭpīnus, i, m., and lŭpīnum, i, n., a lupine:

    ibi lupinum bonum fiet,

    Cato, R. R. 34, 2; cf. Col. 12, 10, 1 sq.; Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 133; Pall. 1, 6, 14; 7, 3, 2:

    fetus viciae tristisque lupini,

    Verg. G. 1, 75:

    tunicam mihi malo lupini,

    Juv. 14, 153. —Esp., since, on the stage, lupines were used as mock-money, prov.:

    nec tamen ignorat quid distent aera lupinis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 23; cf.: Ag. Agite, inspicite. Co. Aurum est, profecto, spectatores, comicum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 20; cf. also: si quis sub specie alearum victus sit lupinis vel alia quavis materia, Cod. 3, 43, 1.

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  • 8 lupinus

    1.
    lŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [lupus], of or belonging to a wolf, wolf's:

    ubera,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    juba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 20:

    pellis,

    Plin. 28, 19, 78, § 257.—
    II.
    Transf., like a wolf: impetus, Enn. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 28 Vahl.): rictus, Prud. steph. 2, 98.
    2.
    lŭpīnus, i, m., and lŭpīnum, i, n., a lupine:

    ibi lupinum bonum fiet,

    Cato, R. R. 34, 2; cf. Col. 12, 10, 1 sq.; Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 133; Pall. 1, 6, 14; 7, 3, 2:

    fetus viciae tristisque lupini,

    Verg. G. 1, 75:

    tunicam mihi malo lupini,

    Juv. 14, 153. —Esp., since, on the stage, lupines were used as mock-money, prov.:

    nec tamen ignorat quid distent aera lupinis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 23; cf.: Ag. Agite, inspicite. Co. Aurum est, profecto, spectatores, comicum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 20; cf. also: si quis sub specie alearum victus sit lupinis vel alia quavis materia, Cod. 3, 43, 1.

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  • 9 versipellis

    versĭpellis ( vorsĭp-), e, adj. [vertopellis, that changes its skin; hence, in gen.], that changes its shape or form, that alters its appearance, that transforms himself or itself.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    eccum Juppiter In Amphitruonis vertit sese imaginem... Ita versipellem se facit, quando lubet,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 123:

    capillus fit,

    i. e. turns gray, id. Pers. 2, 2, 48 (v. s. v. versicapillus).—
    B.
    In partic., subst.: ver-sĭpellis, is, m., acc. to the superstitious belief of the ancients, one who can change himself into a wolf, a man-wolf, were-wolf, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80; Petr. 62 fin.; App. M. 2, p. 124, 21.—
    II.
    Trop., skilled in dissimulation, sly, cunning, crafty, subtle (anteand post-class.):

    vorsipellem esse hominem convenit, pectus cui sapit: bonus sit bonis, malus sit malis,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12 Ritschl: quicum versipellis fio, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 7:

    hortamen,

    Prud. Cath. 9, 91. — Comp., Porc. Latro ap. Cat. 9.

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  • 10 Canis (Canis) lupus lupus

    ENG European wolf
    NLD Europese wolf
    GER europaischer Wolf
    FRA loup d'Europe

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  • 11 Canis (Simenia) simensis

    ENG Abysinnian wolf, (Semien fox)
    NLD Ethiopische wolf, (Ethiopische berghond)
    GER abessinischer Fuchs, abessinischer Wolf, (Athiopienfuchs)
    FRA loup d'Abyssinie

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  • 12 lupa

        lupa ae, f    [lupus], a she-wolf: sitiens, L.: Rava, H.: nutrix, V.— A prostitute, C., L., Iu.
    * * *
    she-wolf; prostitute

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  • 13 lupātus

        lupātus adj.    [lupus], furnished with wolf teeth: Gallia nec lupatis Temperat ora frenis, curbs studded with jagged points, H.— Plur n. as subst, a curb armed with sharp teeth: duris parere lupatis, V., O.
    * * *
    lupata, lupatum ADJ
    furnished with jagged/wolf's teeth/sharp points

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  • 14 Lupus in fabula

    The wolf in the tale (i.e. Speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence)

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  • 15 lupata

    lŭpātus, a, um, adj. [id.], furnished with wolf's teeth, i. e. iron prickles shaped like a wolf's teeth.
    I.
    Adj.:

    Gallia nec lupatis Temperet ora frenis,

    curbs studded with jagged points, Hor. C. 1, 8, 6. —
    II.
    Subst. (sc. freni or frena): lŭpāti, ōrum, m., and lŭpāta, ōrum, n., a curb armed with sharp teeth:

    equus adeo sprevit lupatos, ut, etc.,

    Sol. 45:

    duris parere lupatis,

    Verg. G. 3, 208:

    asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15:

    aurea lupata,

    Mart. 1, 105, 4.

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  • 16 lupati

    lŭpātus, a, um, adj. [id.], furnished with wolf's teeth, i. e. iron prickles shaped like a wolf's teeth.
    I.
    Adj.:

    Gallia nec lupatis Temperet ora frenis,

    curbs studded with jagged points, Hor. C. 1, 8, 6. —
    II.
    Subst. (sc. freni or frena): lŭpāti, ōrum, m., and lŭpāta, ōrum, n., a curb armed with sharp teeth:

    equus adeo sprevit lupatos, ut, etc.,

    Sol. 45:

    duris parere lupatis,

    Verg. G. 3, 208:

    asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15:

    aurea lupata,

    Mart. 1, 105, 4.

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  • 17 lupatus

    lŭpātus, a, um, adj. [id.], furnished with wolf's teeth, i. e. iron prickles shaped like a wolf's teeth.
    I.
    Adj.:

    Gallia nec lupatis Temperet ora frenis,

    curbs studded with jagged points, Hor. C. 1, 8, 6. —
    II.
    Subst. (sc. freni or frena): lŭpāti, ōrum, m., and lŭpāta, ōrum, n., a curb armed with sharp teeth:

    equus adeo sprevit lupatos, ut, etc.,

    Sol. 45:

    duris parere lupatis,

    Verg. G. 3, 208:

    asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15:

    aurea lupata,

    Mart. 1, 105, 4.

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  • 18 Lycaon

    1.
    Lycāon, ŏnis, m., = Lukaôn, a king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest, Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, id. ib. 2, 526.—
    B.
    His grandson, also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.—Hence,
    II. A.
    Lycāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian:

    mensa,

    Ov. Ib. 433:

    parens,

    i. e. Callisto, id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66:

    Arctos,

    i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear, Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235. —Hence, axis, the northern sky, where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.—
    B.
    Lycāŏnis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Lycaon, i. e. Callisto, Ov. F. 2, 173.
    2.
    lycāon, ŏnis, m., = lukaôn, an animal of the wolf kind, Mela, 3, 9, 2; Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123; Sol. 3.

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  • 19 lycaon

    1.
    Lycāon, ŏnis, m., = Lukaôn, a king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest, Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, id. ib. 2, 526.—
    B.
    His grandson, also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.—Hence,
    II. A.
    Lycāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian:

    mensa,

    Ov. Ib. 433:

    parens,

    i. e. Callisto, id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66:

    Arctos,

    i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear, Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235. —Hence, axis, the northern sky, where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.—
    B.
    Lycāŏnis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Lycaon, i. e. Callisto, Ov. F. 2, 173.
    2.
    lycāon, ŏnis, m., = lukaôn, an animal of the wolf kind, Mela, 3, 9, 2; Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123; Sol. 3.

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  • 20 silvester

    silvestris ( silvester, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Col. 1, praef. 25; Sen. Hippol. 460; also written sylv-), e (collat. form, dat. SILVANO SILVESTRO, Inscr. Orell. 4990; gen. plur. sync. silvestrum, Att. Trag. Rel. v. 256 Rib.), adj. [silva].
    I.
    Of or belonging to a wood or forest, overgrown with woods, wooded, woody (class.;

    syn. saltuosus): collis silvestris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    mons,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

    locus,

    id. Lael. 19, 68; Caes. B. G. 5, 19; 6, 34; 7, 35; Liv. 27, 26, 7:

    saltus,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    antra,

    Ov. M. 13, 47:

    ager,

    Col. 11, 2, 52; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186:

    via (with inculta),

    Cic. Brut. 74, 259:

    silvestris et montuosus situs (opp. campestris),

    Col. 7, 2, 3:

    silvestria saecla ferarum,

    Lucr. 5, 965; cf. id. 5, 1410:

    belua,

    i. e. a she-wolf, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4;

    hence also: uber,

    i. e. of a she-wolf, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 51:

    homines,

    living in woods, foresters, Hor. A. P. 391:

    numen, sphinx,

    Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 (Jahn reads de quā siluere):

    bellum,

    Lucr. 5, 1244:

    silvestri nata sub umbrā fraga,

    Ov. M. 13, 815: silvestria virgulta, i. e. foresttrees (opp. prolem olivae), Verg. G. 2, 2.— Subst.: silvestrĭa, ĭum, woodlands, forest:

    an culta ex silvestribus facere potui,

    Liv. 38, 49, 7; Plin. 25, 7, 33, § 70.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of plants and animals, growing wild, wild:

    tauri,

    Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 74:

    arietes (with feri),

    Col. 7, 2, 4:

    gallinae,

    id. 7, 8, 12:

    arbor,

    Verg. E. 3, 70:

    arbores silvestres ac ferae,

    Col. 3, 1, 2:

    pruni,

    id. 2, 2, 20:

    faba,

    Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121:

    mel,

    id. 11, 16, 15, § 41; Vulg. Matt. 3, 4:

    cicer,

    Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148:

    oliva,

    Ov. M. 2, 681:

    corna,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 57 et saep.— Comp.:

    silvestriora omnia tardiora,

    Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116; 22, 25, 71, § 146.—
    B.
    In gen., for agrestis, sylvan, rural, pastoral ( poet.):

    Musa,

    Lucr. 4, 589; Verg. E. 1, 2 (for which, agrestis, id. ib. 6, 8):

    truculentus et silvester,

    Sen. Hippol. 461.

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  • Wolf — Wolf: Der gemeingerm. Tiername mhd., ahd. wolf, got. wulfs, engl. wolf, schwed. ulv beruht mit verwandten Wörtern in anderen idg. Sprachen auf idg. *u̯l̥ko s »Wolf«, vgl. z. B. lat. lupus »Wolf«, griech. lýkos »Wolf«. Das idg. Wort ist… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Wolf — Wolf, Charles Wolf, Christa Wolf, Friedrich August Wolf, Johannes Wolf, Max Wolf, Rudolf * * * (as used in expressions) Sacks, Oliver (Wolf) Wolf, Christa Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • WOLF (C.) — WOLF CHRISTA (1929 ) Christa Wolf est née à Landsberg. Après des études de germanistique, elle devient collaboratrice scientifique du Deutscher Schriftstellerverband, l’Union des écrivains allemands, puis lectrice et rédactrice à Berlin Est et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • wolf — ► NOUN (pl. wolves) 1) a carnivorous mammal that lives and hunts in packs and is the largest member of the dog family. 2) informal a man who habitually seduces women. ► VERB (usu. wolf down) ▪ devour (food) greedily. ● cry wolf Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • wolf — [woolf] n. pl. wolves [woolvz] [ME < OE wulf, akin to Ger wolf, ON ulfr, Goth wulfs < IE base * wḷp , * lup , name of animals of prey > L lupus, Gr lykos] 1. a) any of various wild canine carnivores (genus Canis), esp. the gray wolf,… …   English World dictionary

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