λύκειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], ον</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>208</span> (but <b class="b3">λυκεία</b> (q. v.) as Subst. in Plb.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or [[belonging to a wolf]], <b class="b3">δορά</b> E.l.c., etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Λύκειος</b> (written Λύκηος <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(7) No.282 (i B.C.)), epith. of Apollo, either as <b class="b3">λυκοκτόνος</b> (q. v.), or as [[the Lycian god]] (v. <b class="b3">Λυκηγενής, Λύκιος</b>), or (fr. <b class="b3">Λύκη</b>) as [[the god of light]]: Λύκει' Ἄπολλον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1257</span>; εὐμενὴς δ' ὁ Λ. ἔστω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>686</span> (lyr.); in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>145</span> (lyr.) there is a play upon the doubtful meanings, <b class="b3">Λύκει' ἄναξ, λύκειος γενοῦ στρατῷ δαΐῳ</b>, <span class="title">Lycean</span> lord, be [[a very wolf]] to the enemy; so <b class="b3">τοῦ λυκοκτόνου θεοῦ ἀγορὰ Λύκειος</b> (this <b class="b3">ἀγορά</b> being [[an open place]] in Argos near the temple of Apollo <b class="b3">Λύκειος</b>) S.l.c.; cf. [[Λύκειον]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> epith. of Pan, <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).93 (Tegea). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">Λύκειος, ὁ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">μήν</b>), a month at Epidaurus Limera, ib.(1).932; <b class="b3">Λύκεος</b>, at Lamia (Thess.), ib.9(2).75.18, etc.</span>