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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

  • 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)
  • ἀλλ’ εἰσορῶ γὰρ τῆσδε κοίρανον χθονὸσ Λύκον περῶντα τῶνδε δωμάτων πέλασ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode1)
  • γενέσθαι, καὶ νῦν αὐτόσ τε φρίττων καὶ ὑποδειμαίνων τῇ Κίρκῃ σύνει, μή σε ποιήσῃ λαθοῦσα σῦν ἢ λύκον, ἡμᾶσ τε πείθεισ, ἐν ἀφθόνοισ ζῶντασ ἀγαθοῖσ, ἀπολιπόντασ ἅμα τούτοισ τὴν ταῦτα παρασκευάζουσαν ἐκπλεῖν μετὰ σοῦ, τὸ πάντων φιλοποτμότατον ξῷον αὖθισ ἀνθρώπουσ γενομένουσ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 2 6:1)
  • τοῦ γὰρ μὴ χανεῖν λύκον διὰ κενῆσ σὺ μόνοσ εὑρ́ηκασ τέχνην, χορδῆσ ὀβελίσκουσ ἠρέμα ζυγουμένουσ δύ’ ἐχθὲσ ὠμοὺσ εἰσ τὸ πῦρ ἀποσβέσασ καὶ πρὸσ τὸ δίχορδον ἐτερέτιζεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 24 5:3)
  • "λαβὼν ἐπανάξω σύαγρον εἰσ τὴν οἰκίαν τῆσ νυκτὸσ αὐτῆσ καὶ λέοντα καὶ λύκον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 64 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. wolf

  2. curb bit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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