Lycus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκος (Lúkos). Doublet of lupus and lycos.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lycus m sg (genitive Lycī); second declension

  1. a male given name, character in the play Poenulus of Plautus
  2. The name of various rivers of Asia

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lycus
Genitive Lycī
Dative Lycō
Accusative Lycum
Ablative Lycō
Vocative Lyce

References

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  • Lycus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lycus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lycus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly