Lycaon

Translingual

Lycaon pictus

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “Lycaon”) the mythological king of Arcadia was transformed into a wolf by Zeus, λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “werewolf”).

Proper noun

Lycaon m

1. 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

• Japanese: リカオン (rikaon)
• Korean: 리카온 (rikaon)

References

• Lycaon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lycaon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lycaon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lycaon in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Lycaon at Animal Diversity Web
• Lycaon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Lycaon at Encyclopedia of Life
• Lycaon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Lycaon at Paleobiology Database

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lyˈkaː.oːn/, [lʲʏˈkäːoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈka.on/, [liˈkäːon]

Proper noun

Lycāōn m sg (genitive Lycāonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) A king of Arcadia turned into a wolf by Zeus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lycāōn
Genitive	Lycāonis
Dative	Lycāonī
Accusative	Lycāonem
Ablative	Lycāone
Vocative	Lycāōn

Derived terms

• Lycāōnius
• Lycāōnis

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.