Λυκοῦργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós), literally “worker-wolf”; compare ἔργον (érgon, “work”) for the second element.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λῠκοῦργος • (Lukoûrgos) m (genitive Λῠκούργου); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Lycurgus
  2. in particular, the legendary lawgiver of Sparta Lycurgus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Λῠκοῦργος; τοῦ Λῠκούργου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Λῠκοῦργος
ho Lukoûrgos
Genitive τοῦ Λῠκούργου
toû Lukoúrgou
Dative τῷ Λῠκούργῳ
tôi Lukoúrgōi
Accusative τὸν Λῠκοῦργον
tòn Lukoûrgon
Vocative Λῠκοῦργε
Lukoûrge
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Λῠκούργειᾰ (Lukoúrgeia)

Descendants
  • Greek: Λυκούργος (Lykoúrgos)
  • Latin: Lycurgus

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
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