- λύκειος
- λύκειος [ῠ], ον, S.El.7, E.Rh.208 (but λυκεία (q. v.) as Subst. in Plb.):—A of or belonging to a wolf, δορά E.l.c., etc.II Λύκειος (written [full] Λύκηος Milet.1(7) No.282 (i B.C.)), epith. of Apollo, either as λυκοκτόνος (q. v.), or as the Lycian god (v. Λυκηγενής, Λύκιος), or (fr. Λύκη) as the god of light:
Λύκει' Ἄπολλον A.Ag.1257
;εὐμενὴς δ' ὁ Λ. ἔστω Id.Supp.686
(lyr.); in Id.Th.145 (lyr.) there is a play upon the doubtful meanings, Λύκει' ἄναξ, λύκειος γενοῦ στρατῷ δαΐῳ, Lycean lord, be a very wolf to the enemy; so τοῦ λυκοκτόνου θεοῦ ἀγορὰ Λύκειος (this ἀγορά being an open place in Argos near the temple of Apollo Λύκειος) S.l.c.; cf. Λύκειον.III epith. of Pan, IG5(2).93 ([place name] Tegea).IV Λύκειος, ὁ (sc. μήν), a month at Epidaurus Limera, ib.(1).932; Λύκεος, at Lamia (Thess.), ib.9(2).75.18, etc.
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