Λύκειον

See also: λύκειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the neighboring temple to Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος (Apóllōn Lúkeios, “Apollo of Lyceus”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λῠ́κειον • (Lŭ́keion) n (genitive Λῠκείου); second declension

  1. Lyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Λῠ́κειον; τοῦ Λῠκείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Λῠ́κειον
tò Lŭ́keion
Genitive τοῦ Λῠκείου
toû Lŭkeíou
Dative τῷ Λῠκείῳ
tōî Lŭkeíōi
Accusative τὸ Λῠ́κειον
tò Lŭ́keion
Vocative Λῠ́κειον
Lŭ́keion
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: λύκειο (lýkeio)
  • Latin: Lycēum, Lycīum

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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
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