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λύκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύκος λύκου

Structure: λυκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wolf
  2. curb bit
  3. a kind of jackdaw

Declension

Second 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

  • ὦ Λύκε δέσποτα, γείτων ἡρ́ωσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme10)
  • πολλῶν μαθητῶν γενομένων ἐμοί, Λύκε, διὰ τὸ νοεῖν ἀεί τι καὶ ψυχὴν ἔχειν ἄπει γεγονὼσ μάγειροσ ἐκ τῆσ οἰκίασ ἐν οὐχ ὅλοισ δέκα μησί, πολὺ νεώτατοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 24 1:3)
  • Φεἰδευ τᾶν ἐρίφων, φείδευ λύκε τᾶν τοκάδων μευ, μηδ’ ἀδίκει μ’, ὅτι μικκὸσ ἐὼν πολλαῖσιν ὁμαρτέω. (Theocritus, Idylls, 50)

Synonyms

  1. wolf

  2. curb bit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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