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 • (Lukā́ōn) m (genitive Λῠκᾱ́ονος); third declension

1. Lycaon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λῠκᾱ́ων; τοῦ Λῠκᾱ́ονος (Attic)

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

Noun

Λῠκᾱ́ων • (Lukā́ōn) 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 Lukā́ōn	τὼ Λῠκᾱ́ονε tṑ Lukā́one	οἱ Λῠκᾱ́ονες hoi Lukā́ones
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠκᾱ́ονος toû Lukā́onos	τοῖν Λῠκᾱόνοιν toîn Lukāónoin	τῶν Λῠκᾱόνων tôn Lukāónōn
Dative	τῷ Λῠκᾱ́ονῐ tôi Lukā́oni	τοῖν Λῠκᾱόνοιν toîn Lukāónoin	τοῖς Λῠκᾱ́οσῐ / Λῠκᾱ́οσῐν toîs Lukā́osi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Λῠκᾱ́ονᾰ tòn Lukā́ona	τὼ Λῠκᾱ́ονε tṑ Lukā́one	τοὺς Λῠκᾱ́ονᾰς toùs Lukā́onas
Vocative	Λῠκᾶον Lukâon	Λῠκᾱ́ονε Lukā́one	Λῠκᾱ́ονες Lukā́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ (Lukāoníā) (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