See also: lycaon

Translingual

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Lycaon pictus

Etymology

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, Lycaon) the mythological king of Arcadia was transformed into a wolf by Zeus, λυκάων (lukáōn, wolves), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, werewolf).

Proper noun

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Lycaon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – an African wild dog, a hyena-like canid, and its extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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  • (genus): Lycaon pictus – sole extant species;   Lycaon sekowei – an extinct species

Descendants

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lycāōn m sg (genitive Lycāonis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) A king of Arcadia turned into a wolf by Zeus

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Lycāōn
genitive Lycāonis
dative Lycāonī
accusative Lycāonem
ablative Lycāone
vocative Lycāōn

Derived terms

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References

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  • Lycaon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lycaon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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