Λυκάων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kǎː.ɔːn/ → /lyˈka.on/ → /liˈka.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kǎː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈka.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈka.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈka.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈka.on/

Proper noun

Λῠκᾱ́ων • (Lŭkā́ōn) m (genitive Λῠκᾱ́ονος); third declension

1. Lycaon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λῠκᾱ́ων; τοῦ Λῠκᾱ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῠκᾱ́ων ho Lŭkā́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠκᾱ́ονος toû Lŭkā́onos
Dative	τῷ Λῠκᾱ́ονῐ tôi Lŭkā́onĭ
Accusative	τὸν Λῠκᾱ́ονᾰ tòn Lŭkā́onă
Vocative	Λῠκᾶον Lŭkâon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Λῠκᾱ́ων • (Lŭkā́ōn) m (genitive Λῠκᾱ́ονος); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Lycaonia; a Lycaonian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λῠκᾱ́ων; τοῦ Λῠκᾱ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λῠκᾱ́ων ho Lŭkā́ōn	τὼ Λῠκᾱ́ονε tṑ Lŭkā́one	οἱ Λῠκᾱ́ονες hoi Lŭkā́ones
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠκᾱ́ονος toû Lŭkā́onos	τοῖν Λῠκᾱόνοιν toîn Lŭkāónoin	τῶν Λῠκᾱόνων tôn Lŭkāónōn
Dative	τῷ Λῠκᾱ́ονῐ tôi Lŭkā́onĭ	τοῖν Λῠκᾱόνοιν toîn Lŭkāónoin	τοῖς Λῠκᾱ́οσῐ / Λῠκᾱ́οσῐν toîs Lŭkā́osĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Λῠκᾱ́ονᾰ tòn Lŭkā́onă	τὼ Λῠκᾱ́ονε tṑ Lŭkā́one	τοὺς Λῠκᾱ́ονᾰς toùs Lŭkā́onăs
Vocative	Λῠκᾶον Lŭkâon	Λῠκᾱ́ονε Lŭkā́one	Λῠκᾱ́ονες Lŭkā́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ (Lŭkāonĭ́ā) (as a similar-sounding influence over a native Anatolian name)

Descendants

• Greek: Λυκάων (Lykáon)
  • plural: Λυκάονες (Lykáones)
• Latin: Lycāon
• Translingual: Lycaon

References

• “Λυκάων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015