Lycaon
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “a name”), λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “werewolf”).
Proper noun
Lycaon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – The hyena-like African wild dog and its extinct relative.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Canidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lycaon pictus - sole extant species; †Lycaon sekowei - extinct species
Descendants
References
- Lycaon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lycaon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Lycaon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lyˈkaː.oːn/, [lʲʏˈkäːoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈka.on/, [liˈkäːon]
Proper noun
Lycāōn m sg (genitive Lycāonis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lycāōn |
Genitive | Lycāonis |
Dative | Lycāonī |
Accusative | Lycāonem |
Ablative | Lycāone |
Vocative | Lycāōn |
Derived terms
References
- “Lycaon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lycaon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Translingual terms derived from New Latin
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin terms spelled with Y
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Greek mythology