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Lupĭa (Luppia), ae, m., a river in the north-west of Germany, now the Lippe, Mela, 3, 3, 3; Vell. 2, 10, 5; Tac. A. 1, 60; 2, 7; id. H. 5, 22.

Lū̆pĭae, ārum, f. plur., a town of Calabria, Paul. Nol. 30, 85; cf. Mel. 2, 4.

Lŭpĭcīnus, i, m., the name of a man, Paul. Petr. Vit. S. Mart. 1, 369.

* lŭpillus, i, m. dim. [2. lupinus], a small lupine, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 9.

lŭpīnācĕus, a, um, adj. [2. lupinus], of or made of lupines: lomentum, App. Herb. 21.

lŭpīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. lupinus],

  1. I. of or for lupines: labrum, Cato, R. R. 10 and 11.
  2. II. Subst.: lŭpīnārĭi, ōrum, m., dealers in lupines, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 33, 2.

1. lŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [lupus],

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf., like a wolf: impetus, Enn. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 28 Vahl.): rictus, Prud. στεφ. 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.