Lycurgus
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English
Proper noun
Lycurgus
- A male given name
Usage notes
See the Latin entry for more details.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκοῦργος (Lukoûrgos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lyˈkuːr.ɡus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈkur.ɡus/,
Proper noun
Lycūrgus m sg (genitive Lycūrgī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lycūrgus |
| genitive | Lycūrgī |
| dative | Lycūrgō |
| accusative | Lycūrgum |
| ablative | Lycūrgō |
| vocative | Lycūrge |
Descendants
- → Catalan: Licurg
- → Czech: Lykúrgos
- → Dutch: Lycurgus
- → English: Lycurgus
- → French: Lycurgue
- → German: Lykurg
- → Italian: Licurgo
- → Japanese: リュクルゴス
- → Spanish: Licurgo
- → Portuguese: Licurgo
- → Romanian: Licurg
- → Russian: Лику́рг (Likúrg)
- → Ukrainian: Лікург (Likurh)
References
- “Lycurgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lycurgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.