lupercal

Speech parts

1. lupercal - Noun

2. lupercal - Adjective

3. Lupercal - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.

A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan.

Examples

'' Later, after Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony delivers his funeral speech (Act III, Scene II, line 74) in which he refers to how, at the Lupercal, he had offered Caesar the crown three times (see illustration). Source: Internet

During his time in Belfast, he found a copy of Ted Hughes 's Lupercal, which spurred him to write poetry. Source: Internet

In the next scene, during Caesar's parade on the feast of Lupercal, a soothsayer warns Caesar to "Beware the ides of March", a warning he disregards. Source: Internet

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