λυκανθρωπία

Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lýkos, “wolf”) +‎ άνθρωπος (ánthropos, “man, human”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /likanθɾoˈpia/
• Hyphenation: λυ‧καν‧θρω‧πί‧α

Noun

λυκανθρωπία • (lykanthropía) f (uncountable)

1. (psychiatry) lycanthropy (delusion in which a person believes they are a wolf)
2. (mythology) lycanthropy (act of shapeshifting between the form of a human being and a wolf)

Declension

  λυκανθρωπία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	λυκανθρωπία •
genitive	λυκανθρωπίας •
accusative	λυκανθρωπία •
vocative	λυκανθρωπία •

Related terms

• λυκάνθρωπος m (lykánthropos, “werewolf”)