lycos

Latin

Etymology

PIE word
*wĺ̥kʷos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”). Doublet of lupus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈly.kɔs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.kos]

Noun

lycos m (genitive lycī); second declension

1. wolf spider

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	lycos	lycī lycoe
genitive	lycī	lycōrum
dative	lycō	lycīs
accusative	lycon	lycōs
ablative	lycō	lycīs
vocative	lyce	lycī lycoe

References

• “lycos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lycos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.