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Λυκάων

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λυκάων Λυκάονος

Structure: Λυκαων (Stem)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Lycaonia; a Lycaonian

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐκεῖνοσ τοίνυν ὁ Θερσίτησ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ εἰ λάβοι τὴν ’ Ἀχιλλέωσ πανοπλίαν, οἰεί ὅτι αὐτίκα διὰ τοῦτο καὶ καλὸσ ἅμα καὶ ἰσχυρὸσ ἂν γένοιτο, καὶ ὑπερπηδήσεται μὲν τὸν ποταμόν, ἐπιθολώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ῥεῖθρον τῷ φόνῳ τῶν Φρυγῶν, ἀποκτενεῖ δὲ τὸν Ἕκτορα καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ τὸν Λυκάονα καὶ τὸν Ἀστεροπαῖον, μηδὲ φέρειν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τὴν μελίαν δυνάμενοσ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 7:3)
  • Ζεὺσ δὲ <μυσαχθεὶσ> τὴν μὲν τράπεζαν ἀνέτρεψεν, ἔνθα νῦν Τραπεζοῦσ καλεῖται ὁ τόποσ, Λυκάονα δὲ καὶ τοὺσ τούτου παῖδασ ἐκεραύνωσε, χωρὶσ τοῦ νεωτάτου Νυκτίμου· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 8 1:9)
  • καὶ γὰρ νῦν δύο παῖδε Λυκάονα καὶ Πολύδωρον οὐ δύναμαι ἰδέειν Τρώων εἰσ ἄστυ ἀλέντων, τούσ μοι Λαοθόη τέκετο κρείουσα γυναικῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 6:6)
  • οὕτω πείθοιτο ἄν τισ καὶ Λυκάονα θηρίον καὶ τὴν Ταντάλου Νιόβην γενέσθαι λίθον. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 2 7:1)
  • οὗ τῇ θυγατρὶ συνελθὼν Πρίαμοσ γεννᾷ τὸν Λυκάονα καὶ Πολύδωρον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 10:19)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Lycaonia

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