~ LUPA        id+ | SHE WOLF |
^u            id+ | FLESH TEARING ANIMAL |
~ LUPANAR     in sp HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
~ LUPERCA     or LUPA
              masculine see> LUPUS
     lat  ALOPECIA      = FOX MANGE or
     gr   ALOPEKIA        or
          ALOPEX          from
           LYKHOS         WOLF
     myth> LYKHEOS        APOLLO'S WOLF SLAYER TEMPLE
     eng   LYCEUM         from above
     fr    LOUVRE         WOLF FIELD now a
                          PALACE ART MUSEUM
     lat   LUPUS          WOLF
              VELLERE     TO TEAR
              VELSUM      same
     biol     VULTURE     FLESH TEARING BIRD
     eng      VULNERABLE  LIABLE
            WOUND         GASH or
     med>   AVULSION      CUT  LACERATION
          CONVULSION      SEIZURE
     eng   REVULSION
     biol> VULPEX         RED FOX  also
           VULPECULA      LITTLE FOX
           WOLF
           WOLVERINE
     ukr   VOVK           WOLF
           VOVA           LITTLE WOLF applied to
           VLADIMIR       or
           WLADIMIR
           GLABELLUS      HAIRLESS
     see>  GLABELLA       ***
     biol> LYCOPERSION
           a type "DESTROY WOLF" PATATO
     med>  HAIR LOSS IS
           COMMON AMONG FOXES
     myth> WIFE OF LUPERCUS
           A ROMAN DEITY OF FLOCKS AND FERTILITY
     LUPERCA  OFTEN APPEARED IN THE SHAPE OF A
              SHE WOLF AND FED ROMULUS AND REMUS
~ LUPERCAL    A CAVE ON MOUNT AVENTINE WHERE
              ROMULUS AND REMUS WERE NURSED
              BY A SHE WOLF or LUPERCA
~ LUPERCALIA  id+ | FORERUNNER OF CARNIVAL or
                    MARDI GRAS |
     see> CARNIVAL and MARDI GRAS
     hx>  FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF PAN     sug> PANIC
          or LUPERCUS HELD EACH FEBRUARY 15th
     CELEBRATED NEAR THE CAVE or GROTTO OF LUPERCAL
     NEAR THE PALATINE MOUNT TO EXPIATE AND TO PURIFY
     NEW LIFE {spring}  THE FESTIVAL WENT ON TIL 484 AD
     WHEN BISHOP  GELASIUS I   CHANGED LUPERCALIA INTO
     A CHRISTIAN "FEAST OF PURIFICATION"
     sug> LENT  SHROVE TUESDAY            see> CARNIVAL
     note DURING LUPERCALIA A DOG AND GOATS WERE
          SACRIFICED TO PAN WHO WAS IN PART A DOG or GOAT
     TWO YOUTHS WERE ANOINTED WITH THE BLOOD AND RAN
     ROUND THE CITY WITH THONGS CUT FROM THE SACRIFICED
     GOATS IN THEIR HANDS CALLED FEBRUA
     lat FEBRUARE  = TO PURIFY and
         FEBRUATUS   DAY OF PURIFICATION
         FEBRUARIUS  FEBRUARY or MONTH OF PURIFICATION
     see> LUSTRUS for more
     NOW LUPERCALIA IS CELEBRATED AS
     see> VALENTINE DAY RENAMED IN HONOR OF
          ST SAINT VALENTINE WHO WAS
     CLUBBED TO DEATH ON FEBRUARY 14th 268 AD
     DURING THE RULE OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR
     CLAUDE II "THE CRUEL"
     BOTH LUPERCALIA AND ST VALENTINE
     CALL FOR LOVE
            sug>  FERTILITY  FECUNDITY
~ LUPERCUS  myth> ROMAN DEITY
                  PROTECTOR OF FLOCKS AGAINST WOLVES
              AND PROMOTER OF FERTILITY AMONG SHEEP
          hx> A FRIEND OF THE YOUNGER PLINY
          also ROMAN GRAMMARIAN CONTEMPORARY OF CLAUDIUS
~ LUPUS   or
~ LUPINE  id+ | SPIKES |
  med> LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS CAN
       WOLF OR CONSUME OUR FLESH
  BECAUSE AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
  biol> WOLF IS A FLESH TEARING ANIMAL
  

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