Λυκοῦργος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + -ουργός (-ourgós), literally “worker-wolf”; compare ἔργον (érgon, “work”) for the second element.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kûːr.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈkur.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈkur.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈkur.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈkur.ɣos/
Proper noun
Λῠκοῦργος • (Lukoûrgos) m (genitive Λῠκούργου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Lycurgus
- in particular, the legendary lawgiver of Sparta Lycurgus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Λῠκοῦργος ho Lukoûrgos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Λῠκούργου toû Lukoúrgou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Λῠκούργῳ tôi Lukoúrgōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Λῠκοῦργον tòn Lukoûrgon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Λῠκοῦργε Lukoûrge | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Λῠκούργειᾰ (Lukoúrgeia)
Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016