Λύκος
See also: λύκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λῠ́κος (lúkos, “wolf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lý.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈly.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈly.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈly.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.kos/
Proper noun
Λῠ́κος • (Lúkos) m (genitive Λῠ́κου); second declension
- a male given name: Lycus; Lycos; Lykos
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Λῠ́κος; τοῦ Λῠ́κου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Λῠ́κος ho Lúkos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Λῠ́κου toû Lúkou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Λῠ́κῳ tôi Lúkōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Λῠ́κον tòn Lúkon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Λῠ́κε Lúke | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Λῠκῐ́ᾱ (Lukíā)
- Λύκῐος (Lúkios)
Descendants
- English: Lycus, Lycos
- Greek: Λύκος (Lýkos)
- Latin: Lycus
References
- Λύκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
Greek
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Λύκος
Proper noun
Λύκος • (Lýkos) m (plural Lýkos)
- (astronomy) Lupus (summer constellation of the northern sky)
Declension
Λύκος
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Λύκος • |
genitive | Λύκου • |
accusative | Λύκο • |
vocative | Λύκε • |