adjective
lŭpātus
Meaning
- furnished with wolf's teeth
lŭpātus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. furnished with wolf's teeth, i. e. iron prickles shaped like a wolf's teeth.
I. Adj.:
Gallia nec lupatis Temperet ora frenis, curbs studded with jagged points, Hor. C. 1, 8, 6. —II. Subst. (sc. freni or frena): lŭpāti, ōrum, m., and lŭpāta, ōrum, n., a curb armed with sharp teeth:
equus adeo sprevit lupatos, ut, etc., Sol. 45: duris parere lupatis, Verg. G. 3, 208: asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15: aurea lupata, Mart. 1, 105, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lupātus adj.
lupus, furnished with wolf teeth : Gallia nec lupatis Temperat ora frenis, curbs studded with jagged points , H.—Plur n . as subst, a curb armed with sharp teeth : duris parere lupatis, V., O.