ΛΥΚΑΩΝ, λυκαων
LYKAŌN, lykaōn
Sounds Like: loo-KAH-ohn
Translations: Lycaon
From the root: ΛΥΚΑΩΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Lycaon is a proper noun referring to a mythical king of Arcadia in Greek mythology. He is famously known for his impiety and for attempting to serve human flesh to Zeus, which led to his punishment, often depicted as being transformed into a wolf.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:106
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΥΚΑΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΥΚΑΟΝΙ — (to) Lycaon
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