CAPUT GERAT LUPINUM

caput gerat lupinum (kap-[schwa]t jeer-[schwa]t loo-pI-n[schwa]m). [Latin “let him bear the head of a wolf”] Hist. An outlawed felon considered a pariah — a lone wolf — open to attack by anyone. See OUT-LAWRY. “He who breaks the law has gone to war with the community; the community goes to war with him. It is […]