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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *lúkos, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”) with metathesis. Cognates include Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Latin lupus (also showing metathesis) , Old English wulf (English wolf) and Russian волк (volk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lý.kos/ → /ˈly.kos/ → /ˈli.kos/
Noun
λῠ́κος • (lúkos) m (genitive λῠ́κου); second declension
- wolf
New Testament,
Mat. 7:15:
- Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δὲ εἰσὶν λύκοι ἅρπαγες.
- Prosékhete apò tôn pseudoprophētôn, hoítines érkhontai pròs humâs en endúmasin probátōn, ésōthen dè eisìn lúkoi hárpages.
- Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- curb bit
- a kind of jackdaw
Inflection
Related terms
λυκ- terms (also see λύσσα (lússa))
- αἰνόλῠκος m (ainólukos, “horrible wolf”)
- ἀμφιλῠ́κη f (amphilúkē, “morning twilight”)
- Αὐτόλῠκος m (Autólukos)
- κῠνόλῠκος m (kunólukos)
- λυκηγενής (lukēgenḗs, “light-born”)
- Λυκόοργος m (Lukóorgos)
- λυκόφων m (lukóphōn, “a plant”)
- λῠκάγχη f (lukánkhē)
- λῠ́καινα f (lúkaina, “she-wolf”)
- λῠκαινίς f (lukainís, “she-wolf”)
- λῠκαινόμορφος (lukainómorphos, “she-wolf-shaped”)
- Λῠ́καιον n (Lúkaion)
- Λῠκαιονίκης m (Lukaioníkēs)
- Λῠκαῖος (Lukaîos, “Lycaean”)
- λῠκάνθρωπος m or f (lukánthrōpos, “man-wolf”)
- λῠκανθρωπῐ́ᾱ f (lukanthrōpíā, “a kind of madness”)
- λῠκαυγής (lukaugḗs, “of grey-twilight”)
- λῠκάων m (lukáōn, “man-wolf”)
- λῠκέη f (lukéē, “wolfʼs-skin”)
- λῠκεία f (lukeía, “helmet of wolf-skin”)
- Λῠ́κειον n (Lúkeion)
- λῠ́κειος (lúkeios, “of a wolf”)
- λῠκῆ f (lukê, “'λῠκέη'”)
- λῠ́κη f (lúkē, “morning twilight”)
- λῠκηδόν (lukēdón, “wolf-like”, adverb)
- λῠκηθμός m (lukēthmós, “wolfʼs howl”)
- Λῠκία f (Lukía)
- Λῠκιάρχης m (Lukiárkhēs)
- λῠ́κιον n (lúkion, “Rhamnus petiolaris”)
- Λῠ́κιος f (Lúkios)
- λῠκόβρωτος (lukóbrōtos, “eaten by wolves”)
- λῠκοδίωκτος (lukodíōktos, “wolf-chased”)
- λῠκοειδής (lukoeidḗs, “wolf-like”)
- λῠκοεργής (lukoergḗs)
- λῠκοθαρσής (lukotharsḗs, “not fearing wolves”)
- λῠκοκτονέω (lukoktonéō, “slay wolves”)
- λῠκοκτόνος (lukoktónos, “wolf-slaying”)
- λῠ́κολυγξ m (lúkolunx, “wolf-lynx”)
- Λῠκομήδης m (Lukomḗdēs)
- λῠκόμορφος (lukómorphos, “wolf-shaped”)
- λῠκοπάνθηρος m (lukopánthēros, “wolf-panther”)
- λῠκοπέρσῐον n (lukopérsion)
- Λῠκόπολῐς f (Lukópolis)
- λῠκορραίστης m (lukorrhaístēs, “wolf-worrier”)
- λῠκόσκορδον n (lukóskordon)
- λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λιον n (lukoskutálion, “white mignonette”)
- Λῠκόσουρα f (Lukósoura)
- λῠκοσπάς m or f (lukospás, “torn by wolves”)
- λῠκόστομος m (lukóstomos, “wolf-mouth, a kind of anchovy”)
- Λῠκούργεια f (Lukoúrgeia, “trilogy of Aeschylus”)
- Λῠκοῦργος m (Lukoûrgos)
- λῠκόφθαλμος (lukóphthalmos, “wolf-eye, precious stone”)
- λῠκόφθαλμος f (lukóphthalmos, “wolf-eye, precious stone”)
- λῠκοφόρος (lukophóros, “with mark of a wolf”)
- λῠκόφρυς f (lukóphrus, “a plant”)
- λῠκόφρων m or f (lukóphrōn, “wolf-minded”)
- λῠκόφως n (lukóphōs, “twilight, gloaming”)
- λῠκοφῐλία f (lukophilía, “wolfʼs false friendship”)
- λῠκοφῐ́λιος (lukophílios)
- λῠκόχροος (lukókhroos, “wolf-coloured”) λῠκόχρους
- λῠκοψία f (lukopsía, “twilight”)
- λῠκόω (lukóō, “to tear like a wolf”)
- λῠκώ f (lukṓ, “she-wolf epithet of the Moon”)
- λῠκώδης (lukṓdēs, “wolf-like”)
- λῠκᾰ́βας m (lukábas, “path of light, sun's course”)
- Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ f (Lukāoníā)
- λῠκῐδεύς m (lukideús, “wolfʼs cub”)
- λῠ́χνος m (lúkhnos, “lamp”)
- μονόλῠκος m (monólukos, “solitary”)
Descendants
References
- “λύκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λύκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λύκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λύκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- λύκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λύκος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3074 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- λύκος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “λύκος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlikos/
- Hyphenation: λύ‧κος
Noun
λύκος • (lýkos) m (plural λύκοι, feminine λύκαινα)
- wolf
- wolfdog
- aggressive and bloodthirsty person
- (pathology) lupus
- cock of old hunting gun
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
λυκ- and see λύσσα
- γερόλυκος m (gerólykos)
- θαλασσόλυκος m (thalassólykos)
- λύκαινα f (lýkaina, “she-wolf”)
- λυκάκι n (lykáki, “wolf cub”)
- λυκανθρωπία f (lykanthropía) (medicine)
- λυκάνθρωπος m (lykánthropos, “man-wolf”)
- λυκαυγές n (lykavgés, “first twilight”)
- λυκειάρχης m (lykeiárchis, “lyceum director”)
- λύκειο n (lýkeio, “lyceum”)
- λυκίσκος m (lykískos, “hop, Homulus lupulus”)
- λυκίσκος m (lykískos, “Lupus constellation”)
- λυκόπουλο n (lykópoulo, “wolf cub”)
- λυκόσκυλο n (lykóskylo, “german shepherd dog, or wolfdog”)
- λυκόστομα n (lykóstoma) (medicine)
- λυκοφιλία f (lykofilía, “wolfʼs false friendship”)
- λυκοφωλιά f (lykofoliá, “wolf's den”)
- λυκόφως n (lykófos, “twilight”)
Further reading
- λύκος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- λύκος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.