Etymology

Lycean

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Today it means: Epithet of Apollo Full definition →

Latin Lycēus ← Ancient Greek Λύκειος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΛύκειος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromLycēus
  3. English todayLycean

From Latin Lycēus [from Ancient Greek Λύκειος (Lúkeios, of uncertain meaning; possibly “wolf-killing”, “Lycian” or “luminous”), epithet of Apollo] + -an.

Words from the same roots

LatinLycēus all →

Ancient GreekΛύκειος all →

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