Chapter Ludlum to Lupus in Fabula of L by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

only half-hearted, Cæsar put it aside, saying, “Jupiter alone is king of Rome.” Shakespeare makes Antony allude to this incident:

“You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown.
Which he did thrice refuse.”
Julius Caesar, iii. 2.

    Shakespeare calls the Lupercalia “the feast of Lupercal” (act i. 1.), and probably he means the festival in Antony's speech, not the place where the festival was held.

Lupine He does not know a libel from a lupine. In Latin: “Ignorat quid distent ara lupinis,” “He does not know good money from a counter, or a hawk from a handsaw.” The Romans called counters lupines or beans. A libel was a small silver coin the tenth part of a denarius = the as.

Lupus et Agnus A mere pretence to found a quarrel on. The words are the Latin title of the well-known fable of The Wolf and the Lamb.

Lupus in Fabula (See above.)

“ `Lupus in fabula.' answered the abbot, scornfully. `The wolf accused the sheep of muddying the stream, when he drank in it above her.' ”- Sir W. Scott: The Moncastery, last chapter.