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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
- IPA(key): /ly.kûːr.ɡos/ → /lyˈkur.ɣos/ → /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
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Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016