Λύκειον

See also: λύκειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the neighboring temple to Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος (Apóllōn Lúkeios, “Apollo of Lyceus”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /lýke͜e.on/

• (1st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lýkiːon/

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /lýkion/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lýcion/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lícion/

Proper noun

Λύκειον • (Lúkeion) n (genitive Λυκείου); second declension

1. Lyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school

Inflection

Second declension of Λύκειον, Λῠκείου

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Λύκειον
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠκείου
Dative	τῷ Λῠκείῳ
Accusative	τὸ Λύκειον
Vocative	Λύκειον

Descendants

• Greek: Λύκειο (Lýkeio)
• Latin: Lyceum

References

• Λύκειον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015