lyceum

See also Lyceum

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lukeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer").

Pronunciation

IPA: /laɪˈsiːəm/

Noun

lyceum (plural lyceums)

1. A public hall designed for lectures or concerts.
2. (US) A school at a stage between elementary school and college.

Translations

a public hall designed for lectures or concerts

• French: lycée (fr) m
• German: Lyzeum (de) n
• Greek: λύκειο (el) (lýkeio) n
• Polish: liceum (pl) n

• Portuguese: liceu (pt) m
• Russian: лицей (ru) (licéj) m
• Spanish: liceo (es) m

Quotations

public hall

• 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 414

  In the autumn he was to return home; his family - composed, as Rowland knew, of a father, who was a cashier in a bank, and five unmarried sisters, one of whom gave lyceum lectures on woman's rights, the whole resident at Buffalo, N.Y. - had been writing him peremptory letters and appealing to him as son, brother and fellow-citizen.