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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λύκος λύκω λύκοι
Genitive λύκου λύκοιν λύκων
Dative λύκῳ λύκοιν λύκοις
Accusative λύκον λύκω λύκους
Vocative λύκε λύκω λύκοι

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

  • ἀπὸ Κάλητοσ ἐσ Λύκον ποταμὸν ὀγδοήκοντα, ἀπὸ δὲ Λύκου ἐσ Ἡράκλειαν πόλιν Ἑλληνίδα Δωρικήν, Μεγαρέων ἄποικον, στάδιοι εἴκοσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 4:2)
  • λύκειον ἀμφὶ νῶτ’ ἐνάψομαι δορὰν καὶ χάσμα θηρὸσ ἀμφ’ ἐμῷ θήσω κάρᾳ, βάσιν τε χερσὶ προσθίαν καθαρμόσασ καὶ κῶλα κώλοισ, τετράπουν μιμήσομαι λύκου κέλευθον πολεμίοισ δυσεύρετον, τάφροισ πελάζων καὶ νεῶν προβλήμασιν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:7)
  • εἶδον γὰρ βαλιὰν ἔλαφον λύκου αἵμονι χαλᾷ σφαζομέναν, ἀπ’ ἐμῶν γονάτων σπασθεῖσαν ἀνοίκτωσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 1:8)
  • θἠρῷον εἴ πωσ ἐκκομίσαισ τὸ τοῦ Λύκου. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:16)
  • Φιλῖνοσ δέ φησι τὰ ἄνθη τῆσ ἴριδοσ λέγεσθαι λύκουσ διὰ τὸ ἐμφερῆ εἶναι λύκου χείλεσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 28 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. wolf

  2. curb bit

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