Lycaon
στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα → blood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λυκάων, -ονος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lycāon: ŏnis, m., = Λυκάων,
I a king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest, Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, id. ib. 2, 526.—
B His grandson, also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.—Hence,
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A Lycāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian: mensa, Ov. Ib. 433: parens, i. e. Callisto, id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66: Arctos, i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear, Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235. —Hence, axis, the northern sky, where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.—
B Lycāŏnis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Lycaon, i. e. Callisto, Ov. F. 2, 173.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Lўcāōn, ŏnis, m. (Λυκάων), roi d’Arcadie, changé en loup par Jupiter : Hyg. Fab. 176 ; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10 ; Ov. M. 1, 198 || petit-fils du précédent, père de Callisto, aussi nommé Arcas : Ov. F. 6, 225 || -ŏnĭus, a, um, de Lycaon : Catul. 66, 66.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Lycāōn2, onis, m. (Λυκάων), I) König in Arkadien, Vater der Kallisto, ein angeblich barbarischer, gegen die Götter frevelnder Wüterich, der Menschenopfer brachte, von Jupiter in einen Wolf verwandelt, Ov. met. 1, 198 sqq. Hyg. fab. 176 sq. – Dav.: a) Lycāonis, idis, Vok. i, f. (Λυκαονίς), Tochter des Lykaon, d.i. Kallisto, Ov. fast. 2, 173. – b) Lycāonius, a, um (Λυκαόνιος), lykaonisch, mensa, Ov.: Callisto, Mutter des Arkas, Catull.: Arctos, Kallisto, ein Gestirn, Ov.: axis, mitternächtige Gegend, wo dieses Gestirn sich befindet, Ov. – II) übtr., Enkel des ersteren, Sohn der Kallisto, als Gestirn (= Arctophylax), Ov. fast. 6, 235.
