Lycurgus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκοῦργος (Lukoûrgos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lyˈkuːr.ɡus/, [lʲʏˈkuːrɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈkur.ɡus/, [liˈkurɡus]
Proper noun
Lycūrgus m sg (genitive Lycūrgī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lycūrgus |
Genitive | Lycūrgī |
Dative | Lycūrgō |
Accusative | Lycūrgum |
Ablative | Lycūrgō |
Vocative | Lycūrge |
Descendants
- → Catalan: Licurg
- → Czech: Lykúrgos
- → Dutch: Lycurgus
- → French: Lycurgue
- → German: Lykurg
- → Italian: Licurgo
- → Japanese: リュクルゴス
- → Spanish: Licurgo
- → Portuguese: Licurgo
- → Russian: Ликург (Likurg)
- → Ukrainian: Лікург (Likurh)
References
- “Lycurgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lycurgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.