Λύκος

See also: λύκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῠ́κος (lúkos, “wolf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.kos/ → /ˈly.kos/ → /ˈli.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kos/

Proper noun

Λῠ́κος • (Lúkos) m (genitive Λῠ́κου); second declension

1. a male given name: Lycus; Lycos; Lykos

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λῠ́κος; τοῦ Λῠ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῠ́κος ho Lúkos
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠ́κου toû Lúkou
Dative	τῷ Λῠ́κῳ tôi Lúkōi
Accusative	τὸν Λῠ́κον tòn Lúkon
Vocative	Λῠ́κε Lúke
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016

Greek

Λύκος

Proper noun

Λύκος • (Lýkos) m (plural Lýkos)

1. (astronomy) Lupus (summer constellation of the northern sky)

Declension

  Λύκος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Λύκος •
genitive	Λύκου •
accusative	Λύκο •
vocative	Λύκε •