Maybe from Λυκία (Lukía, “Lycia”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because this plant grows mainly in Cappadocia and Lycia.
λύκῐον • (lúkion) n (genitive λῠκίου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ λῠ́κῐον tò lúkion |
τὼ λῠκῐ́ω tṑ lukíō |
τᾰ̀ λῠ́κῐᾰ tà lúkia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῠκῐ́ου toû lukíou |
τοῖν λῠκῐ́οιν toîn lukíoin |
τῶν λῠκῐ́ων tôn lukíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῠκῐ́ῳ tôi lukíōi |
τοῖν λῠκῐ́οιν toîn lukíoin |
τοῖς λῠκῐ́οις toîs lukíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῠ́κῐον tò lúkion |
τὼ λῠκῐ́ω tṑ lukíō |
τᾰ̀ λῠ́κῐᾰ tà lúkia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῠ́κῐον lúkion |
λῠκῐ́ω lukíō |
λῠ́κῐᾰ lúkia | ||||||||||
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