Meanings
- An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian group.
plural Lycians
- A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia.
From the 4th Century BCE onwards, the Lycians built rock-hewn "house" tombs – often funeral chambers carved into cliffs, with the rock face around the doorway cut to imitate the façade of a wooden Lycian house, complete with "timbers" and protruding "joists".
2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023
- not comparableOf, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture.
Formed in the 2nd Century BCE and composed of 23 city-states, the Lycian League was the world's first democratic union, a model of a strong confederacy based on popular and proportional representation.
2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan Anatolian language spoken by the ancient Lycians
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek Λύκιος
- Λύκιος (Lúkios)native of Lycia
Catalan lici, lici
- licilanguage
- licinative of Lycia
- licirelating to Lycia
Czech lykijština, lykijský
- lykijštinalanguage
- lykijskýrelating to Lycia
French lycien, Lycien
- lycienlanguage
- Lyciennative of Lycia
- lycienrelating to Lycia
German Lykisch, Lykier
- Lykischlanguage
- Lykiernative of Lycia
- lykischrelating to Lycia
Italian licio, licio
- liciolanguage
- licionative of Lycia
- liciorelating to Lycia
Latin Lycius
- Lyciusrelating to Lycia
Polish język licyjski, Licyjczyk
- język licyjskilanguage
- Licyjczyknative of Lycia
- Licyjkanative of Lycia
- licyjskirelating to Lycia
Portuguese lício, lício
- líciolanguage
- lícionative of Lycia
- líciorelating to Lycia
Russian ликийский, ликийский
- ликийский (likijskij)language
- ликийский (likijskij)relating to Lycia
Spanish licio, licio
- liciolanguage
- licionative of Lycia
- liciorelating to Lycia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Lycian
Cite this entry
Lycian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lycian
“Lycian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lycian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lycian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lycian.
Source: Lycian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.