Lycurgus
English edit
Proper noun edit
Lycurgus
- A male given name
Usage notes edit
See the Latin entry for more details.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκοῦργος (Lukoûrgos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lyˈkuːr.ɡus/, [lʲʏˈkuːrɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈkur.ɡus/, [liˈkurɡus]
Proper noun edit
Lycūrgus m sg (genitive Lycūrgī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lycūrgus |
| Genitive | Lycūrgī |
| Dative | Lycūrgō |
| Accusative | Lycūrgum |
| Ablative | Lycūrgō |
| Vocative | Lycūrge |
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: Licurg
- → Czech: Lykúrgos
- → Dutch: Lycurgus
- → English: Lycurgus
- → French: Lycurgue
- → German: Lykurg
- → Italian: Licurgo
- → Japanese: リュクルゴス
- → Spanish: Licurgo
- → Portuguese: Licurgo
- → Romanian: Licurg
- → Russian: Лику́рг (Likúrg)
- → Ukrainian: Лікург (Likurh)
References edit
- “Lycurgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lycurgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.