lŭpātus, a, um, adj. [lupus], furnished with wolf's teeth, i. e. iron prickles shaped like a wolf's teeth.
I Adj. : Gallia nec lupatis Temperet ora frenis, curbs studded with jagged points , Hor. C. 1, 8, 6. —
II Subst. (sc. freni or frena): lŭpāti , ōrum, m., and lŭpāta , ōrum, n., a curb armed with sharp teeth : equus adeo sprevit lupatos, ut, etc., Sol. 45: duris parere lupatis, Verg. G. 3, 208: asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15: aurea lupata, Mart. 1, 105, 4.