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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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She-wolf
According to mythology Romulus and Remus were nursed by a she-wolf after being left on the River Tiber's banks.
The twin sons of the god Mars and priestess Rhea Silvia are said to have later founded Rome on the Palatine in 753 BC.
The brothers ended up fighting over who should be in charge of the city, a power struggle which ended only after Romulus killed his brother.
In Roman times a popular festival called the Lupercalia was held annually on 15 February.
Young nobles called Luperci, taking their name from the place of the wolf (lupa), ran from the Lupercal around the bounds of the Palatine in what is believed to have been a purification ritual.
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My question is on the word 'she-wolf'. Is it correct?
If it is correct, you don't have to say a ****. You could simply write a 'she-dog'.
A female lion is 'she-lion'. A female elephant is 'she-elephant'.
I have heard the word lioness for a female lion. I don't know whether our native English speaker agree with it.
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The twin sons of the god Mars and priestess Rhea Silvia are said to have later founded Rome on the Palatine in 753 BC.
The brothers ended up fighting over who should be in charge of the city, a power struggle which ended only after Romulus killed his brother.
In Roman times a popular festival called the Lupercalia was held annually on 15 February.
Young nobles called Luperci, taking their name from the place of the wolf (lupa), ran from the Lupercal around the bounds of the Palatine in what is believed to have been a purification ritual.
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My question is on the word 'she-wolf'. Is it correct?
If it is correct, you don't have to say a ****. You could simply write a 'she-dog'.
A female lion is 'she-lion'. A female elephant is 'she-elephant'.
I have heard the word lioness for a female lion. I don't know whether our native English speaker agree with it.
[ This post appeared as posted by anonymous person. It was beyond my control. The forum doesn't allow certain inflammotory words in posts. Therefore I wrote it as **** .]
Top answer
she-wolf is correct, yes. The word lioness exists, so it can be used for a female lion, yes. But when there is no word for the female of a species, and it is necessary to draw attention to the fact of its being female, then you can safely prefix the species name with she- .
- she-wolf is correct, yes.
- The word lioness exists, so it can be used for a female lion, yes.
- But when there is no word for the female of a species, and it is necessary to draw attention to the fact of its being female, then you can safely prefix the species name with she- .
- CJ
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she-wolf is correct, yes. The word lioness exists, so it can be used for a female lion, yes. But when there is no word for the female of a species, and it is necessary to draw attention to the fact of its being female, then you can safely prefix the species name with she-.
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