Lupa (
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
for "she-wolf"; plural: Lupae) can refer to:
* a female
wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...
* the goddess Artemis/Diana, in her "wolf form"; see
Lupa (mythology)
In the Roman foundation myth, it was a she-wolf (lupa) that nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by order of King Amulius of Alba Longa. She cared for the infants at her den, a cave known as th ...
and ''e.g.'' Lupa Capitolina
* the lowest class of Roman prostitutes, see
Prostitution in ancient Rome#Brothels
* ''Lupa'' a former genus of Atlantic crabs; see ''e.g.'' ''
Callinectes sapidus'' formerly ''Lupa hastata'', ''Portunus sayi'' formerly ''Lupa sayi'', etc.
*
Lupa (ship), an 18th century slave ship
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Prostitution in ancient Rome
Roman mythology
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