lycos

Latin

Etymology

PIE word
*wĺ̥kʷos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, wolf). Doublet of lupus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lycos m (genitive lycī); second declension

  1. wolf spider

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.