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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκος (Lúkos). Doublet of lupus and lycos.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lycus m sg (genitive Lycī); second declension
- a male given name, character in the play Poenulus of Plautus
- The name of various rivers of Asia
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Lycus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lycus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lycus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly