"Luperca" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ɫʊˈpɛr.ka] [Classical-Latin], [luˈpɛr.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Lupercae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Luperca [nominative, singular], Lupercae [genitive, singular], Lupercae [dative, singular], Lupercam [accusative, singular], Lupercā [ablative, singular], Luperca [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Femininization of Lupercus. Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Luperca<1>}} Luperca f sg (genitive Lupercae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Luperca<1>}}
  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of the old Romans, the wife of Lupercus, identified with the deified she-wolf that suckled Rōmulus and Remus, and perhaps also identical with Acca Lārentia. Tags: Roman, declension-1, feminine, singular

Inflected forms

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