Lupanar
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Related e |
Featured: |
- A brothel.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
- A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.
- 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:
[edit]
Etymology
From Latin lupānar, from lupa (“‘prostitute’”), literally ‘she-wolf’, from lupus (“‘wolf’”).
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Lupanar" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.