lupis - n.
(also lupine)
1 any plant of the genus Lupinus, with long tapering spikes of blue, purple, pink, white, or yellow flowers.
2 (in pl.) seeds of the lupin. [ME f. L lupinus]

lupis - adj.
of or like a wolf or wolves. [L lupinus f. lupus wolf]

lupis - n.
(also lupine)
1 any plant of the genus Lupinus, with long tapering spikes of blue, purple, pink, white, or yellow flowers.
2 (in pl.) seeds of the lupin. [ME f. L lupinus]

lupis - adj.
of or like a wolf or wolves. [L lupinus f. lupus wolf]

lupis - n.
any of various ulcerous skin diseases, esp. tuberculosis of the skin.

lupus vulgaris tuberculosis with dark red patches on the skin, usu. due to direct inoculation of the tuberculosis bacillus into the skin.

lupoid adj. lupous adj. [L, = wolf]

lupis - See: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK, LUCK OUT, PRESS ONE'S LUCK or PUSH ONE'S LUCK, IN LUCK, OUT OF LUCK.