rotnulus

Updated: May 2, 2025

Servius, however, in his commentary on Virgil, has assigned a much more improper and filthy reason for the name; he alludes to the manner in which the wolf who mothered Rotnulus and Reinus licked their bodies with her tongue, and this hint is sufficient to confirm him in his belief that the lupa; were not less skilled in lingual gymnastics.

Petronius Arbiter - The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes