or LUPA, an ancient Italian divinity, the wife of Lupercus, who, in the shape of a she-wolf, performed the office of nurse to Romulus and Remus (Arnob. ad v. Gent. 4.3). In some accounts she is identified with Acca Laurentia, the wife of the shepherd Faustulus. (Liv. 1.4; comp. ACCA LAURENTIA.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890