I.a she-wolf.
I. Lit.: “rabidae tradis ovile lupae,” Ov. A. A. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 4, 6: “ab agro rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino,” Hor. C. 3, 27, 3: “quem nutrit dura papilla lupae,” Prop. 5, 4, 54: “lupa Romuli,” Quint. 2, 4, 19; 3, 7, 5.—
II. Transf.
A. A prostitute, vile woman, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22: “ille, qui semper secum scorta, sem per exoletos, semper lupas ducebat,” Cic. Mil. 21, 55; Liv. 1, 4, 7: “quibus grata est pictā lupa barbara mitrā,” Juv. 3, 66; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21, 1: “lupa, id est meretrix,” Lact. 1, 19.—In a pun with the literal meaning, I. supra: “nam ovis illius hau longe absunt a lupis,” Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 12.—
B. The name of a dog, Col. 7, 12, 13.
