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

  • ὦ Πὰν Πάν, εἴτ’ ἐσσὶ κατ’ ὤρεα μακρὰ Λυκαίω, εἴτε τύ γ’ ἀμφιπολεῖσ μέγα Μαίναλον, ἔνθ’ ἐπὶ νᾶσον τὰν Σικελάν, Ἑλίκασ δὲ λίπ’ ἠρίον αἰπύ τε σᾶμα τῆνο Λυκαονίδαο, τὸ καὶ μακάρεσσιν ἀγητόν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 89)
  • καὶ Νεμέᾳ τρὶσ ἐνίκησεν, καὶ τετράκισ ἄλλα Πελλάνᾳ, δύο δ’ ἐν Λυκαίῳ, καὶ Τεγέᾳ, καὶ ἐν Αἰγίνᾳ, κρατερᾷ τ’ Ἐπιδαύρῳ, καὶ Θήβᾳ, Μεγάρων τε δάμῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 19 1:2)
  • ὁ Κρὴσ Θηρίμαχοσ τὰ λαγωβόλα Πανὶ Λυκαίῳ ταῦτα πρὸσ Ἀρκαδικοῖσ ἐκρέμασε σκοπέλοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1881)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ Νέδασ ἐν ὄρει τῷ Λυκαίῳ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 20 4:1)
  • Λυκόσουράν τε γὰρ πόλιν ᾤκισεν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Λυκαίῳ καὶ Δία ὠνόμασε Λυκαῖον καὶ ἀγῶνα ἔθηκε Λύκαια. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 2 2:2)

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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