Latin noun
lupus
lupus, lupī m.
lupus is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “wolf”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from lupus to the words it goes with.
Ad rivum eundem lupus et agnus venerant siti compulsi;
To the same stream the wolf and the lamb had come, driven by thirst.
lupus: subject of venerant.
superior stabat lupus longeque inferior agnus.
The upper wolf was standing, and the lower lamb was far away.
lupus: renames superior.
“Qui possum, quaeso, facere, quod quereris, lupe?
Who can I do, please, what you complain about, wolf?
lupe: addressed directly, with possum.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| lupus | Nominative · Singular · Masculine | 2 |
| lupe | Vocative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to lupus by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the vocativeThe Latin vocative is the case of direct address: mi Lucili, mea Lesbia, lupe. How it differs from the nominative, in lines from Seneca, Catullus, Phaedrus.