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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the neighboring temple to Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος (Apóllōn Lúkeios, “Apollo of Lyceus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lý.keː.on/ → /ˈly.ci.on/ → /ˈli.ci.on/
Proper noun
Λῠ́κειον • (Lŭ́keion) n (genitive Λῠκείου); second declension
- Lyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school.
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Λύκειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015