λυκάνθρωπος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kán.tʰrɔː.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈkan.tʰro.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈkan.θro.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈkan.θro.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈkan.θro.pos/
Noun
[edit]λῠκάνθρωπος • (lŭkánthrōpos) m or f (genitive λῠκανθρώπου); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ λῠκάνθρωπος ho, hē lŭkánthrōpos |
τὼ λῠκανθρώπω tṑ lŭkanthrṓpō |
οἱ, αἱ λῠκάνθρωποι hoi, hai lŭkánthrōpoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς λῠκανθρώπου toû, tês lŭkanthrṓpou |
τοῖν λῠκανθρώποιν toîn lŭkanthrṓpoin |
τῶν λῠκανθρώπων tôn lŭkanthrṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ λῠκανθρώπῳ tôi, têi lŭkanthrṓpōi |
τοῖν λῠκανθρώποιν toîn lŭkanthrṓpoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς λῠκανθρώποις toîs, taîs lŭkanthrṓpois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν λῠκάνθρωπον tòn, tḕn lŭkánthrōpon |
τὼ λῠκανθρώπω tṑ lŭkanthrṓpō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λῠκανθρώπους toùs, tā̀s lŭkanthrṓpous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῠκάνθρωπε lŭkánthrōpe |
λῠκανθρώπω lŭkanthrṓpō |
λῠκάνθρωποι lŭkánthrōpoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- λυκανθρωπίᾱ (lukanthrōpíā)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: lycanthrope
- → French: lycanthrope
- Greek: λυκάνθρωπος (lykánthropos)
- → Latin: lycanthrōpus
Further reading
[edit]- “λυκάνθρωπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυκάνθρωπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From λύκος (lýkos, “wolf”) + άνθρωπος (ánthropos, “man, human”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]λυκάνθρωπος • (lykánthropos) m (plural λυκάνθρωποι)
- (mythology) werewolf (person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf)
- Το μόνο πράγμα που μπορεί να σκοτώσει τον λυκάνθρωπο είναι μια ασημένια σφαίρα.
- To móno prágma pou boreí na skotósei ton lykánthropo eínai mia asiménia sfaíra.
- The only thing that can kill a werewolf is a silver bullet.
- (psychology, rare) person suffering from lycanthropy (delusion in which they believe they are a wolf)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | λυκάνθρωπος (lykánthropos) | λυκάνθρωποι (lykánthropoi) |
genitive | λυκάνθρωπου (lykánthropou) λυκανθρώπου (lykanthrópou) |
λυκάνθρωπων (lykánthropon) λυκανθρώπων (lykanthrópon) |
accusative | λυκάνθρωπο (lykánthropo) | λυκάνθρωπους (lykánthropous) λυκανθρώπους (lykanthrópous) |
vocative | λυκάνθρωπε (lykánthrope) | λυκάνθρωποι (lykánthropoi) |
Second forms are formal.
Related terms
[edit]- λυκανθρωπία f (lykanthropía, “lycanthropy”)
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