‖ lycanthropus Obs.
Pl. lycanthropi.
Mod.L. form of lycanthrope.
| 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. v. i. (1886) 72 Another being Lycanthropus in the forme of a woolfe, had his woolves feet cut off. a 1627 Middleton Changeling iii. iii, The swift lycanthropi, that walk the round, We'll tear their wolvish skins, and save the sheep. 1657 Trapp Comm. Job v. 22. 58 Such Lycanthropi, or beasts in the shape of men, Paul fought with at Ephesus. |