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

  • 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)
  • ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ στρατηγίᾳ περὶ τὸ Λύκαιον ἡττηθεὶσ ὑπὸ τοῦ Κλεομένουσ ἔφυγε· (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 36 1:1)
  • "διὰ τί τοὺσ εἰσ τὸ Λύκαιον εἰσελθόντασ ἑκουσίωσ καταλεύουσιν οἱ Ἀρκάδεσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 391)
  • τὸ μέντοι σκιὰν μὴ πίπτειν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐμβάντοσ εἰσ τὸ Λύκαιον λέγεται μὲν οὐκ ἀληθῶσ, ἔσχηκε δὲ πίστιν ἰσχυράν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 39 2:1)
  • "διὰ τί τοὺσ εἰσ τὸ Λύκαιον εἰσελθόντασ ἑκουσίωσ καταλεύουσιν οἱ Ἀρκάδεσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 391)
  • μέντοι σκιὰν μὴ πίπτειν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐμβάντοσ εἰσ τὸ Λύκαιον λέγεται μὲν οὐκ ἀληθῶσ, ἔσχηκε δὲ πίστιν ἰσχυράν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 39 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. his temple

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION