lycos
Latin
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wĺ̥kʷos |
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”). Doublet of lupus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈly.kɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.kos]
Noun
lycos m (genitive lycī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lycos | lycī lycoe |
| genitive | lycī | lycōrum |
| dative | lycō | lycīs |
| accusative | lycon | lycōs |
| ablative | lycō | lycīs |
| vocative | lyce | lycī lycoe |
References
- “lycos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lycos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.