Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Λυκαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λυκαῖος Λυκαῖη Λυκαῖον

Structure: Λυκαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Lycaean, Arcadian
  2. his temple
  3. Mount Lycaeus
  4. the festival of Lycaean Zeus, Lupercalia

Examples

  • θύειν μὲν γὰρ ἐν Λυκαίοισ σύνηθεσ εἰπεῖν, θύειν δὲ τὰ Λύκαια τῆσ καινοπρεπείασ, οἱο͂ν εἰ σὺ λέγοισ, ἔθυσε τὰ Παναθήναια καὶ ἔθυσε τὰ Ὀλύμπια· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 22:18)
  • ἦν μὲν γὰρ ἡ τῶν Λουπερκαλίων ἑορτή, περὶ ἧσ πολλοὶ γράφουσιν ὡσ ποιμένων τὸ παλαιὸν εἰή, καί τι καί προσήκει τοῖσ Ἀρκαδικοῖσ Λυκαίοισ. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 61 1:2)
  • ἢ λύκοσ μὲν ὁ λοῦπόσ ἐστι καὶ Λύκαια τὰ Λουπερκάλια, λύκῳ δὲ κύων πολέμιοσ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θύεται τοῖσ Λυκαίοισ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 68 1:2)
  • Βοιωτοῖσ δὲ δημοσίᾳ καθαρμόσ ἐστι κυνὸσ διχοτομηθέντοσ τῶν μερῶν διεξελθεῖν αὐτοὶ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι τοῖσ Λυκαίοισ, ἃ Λουπερκάλια καλοῦσιν, ἐν τῷ καθαρσίῳ μηνὶ κύνα θύουσιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 111 3:3)
  • λύκῳ δὲ κύων πολέμιοσ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θύεται τοῖσ Λυκαίοισ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 68 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. his temple

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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