Λύκειον

See also: λύκειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the neighboring temple to Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος (Apóllōn Lúkeios, “Apollo of Lyceus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.keː.on/ → /ˈly.ci.on/ → /ˈli.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.keː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ci.on/

Proper noun

Λῠ́κειον • (Lúkeion) n (genitive Λῠκείου); second declension

1. Lyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Λῠ́κειον; τοῦ Λῠκείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Λῠ́κειον tò Lúkeion
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠκείου toû Lukeíou
Dative	τῷ Λῠκείῳ tôi Lukeíōi
Accusative	τὸ Λῠ́κειον tò Lúkeion
Vocative	Λῠ́κειον Lúkeion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λύκειο (lýkeio)
• Latin: Lycēum, Lycīum

References

• “Λύκειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015