Λυκομήδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos, “wolf”) +‎ μήδεᾰ (mḗdeă, “counsel”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.ko.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ly.koˈmi.ðis/ → /li.koˈmi.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.ko.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.koˈme̝.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.koˈmi.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.koˈmi.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.koˈmi.ðis/

Proper noun

Λῠκομήδης • (Lŭkomḗdēs) m (genitive Λῠκομήδους); third declension

1. a male given name: Lycomedes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λῠκομήδης; τοῦ Λῠκομήδους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῠκομήδης ho Lŭkomḗdēs
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠκομήδους toû Lŭkomḗdous
Dative	τῷ Λῠκομήδει tôi Lŭkomḗdei
Accusative	τὸν Λῠκομήδη tòn Lŭkomḗdē
Vocative	Λῠκόμηδες Lŭkómēdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λυκομήδης (Lykomídis)
• Latin: Lycomēdēs

References

• “Λυκομήδης”, 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 1,016