λυκάνθρωπος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kán.tʰrɔː.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈkan.tʰro.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈkan.θro.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈkan.θro.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈkan.θro.pos/
Noun
λῠκάνθρωπος • (lukánthrōpos) m or f (genitive λῠκανθρώπου); second declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ λῠκάνθρωπος ho, hē lukánthrōpos |
τὼ λῠκανθρώπω tṑ lukanthrṓpō |
οἱ, αἱ λῠκάνθρωποι hoi, hai lukánthrōpoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς λῠκανθρώπου toû, tês lukanthrṓpou |
τοῖν λῠκανθρώποιν toîn lukanthrṓpoin |
τῶν λῠκανθρώπων tôn lukanthrṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ λῠκανθρώπῳ tôi, têi lukanthrṓpōi |
τοῖν λῠκανθρώποιν toîn lukanthrṓpoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς λῠκανθρώποις toîs, taîs lukanthrṓpois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν λῠκάνθρωπον tòn, tḕn lukánthrōpon |
τὼ λῠκανθρώπω tṑ lukanthrṓpō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λῠκανθρώπους toùs, tā̀s lukanthrṓpous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῠκάνθρωπε lukánthrōpe |
λῠκανθρώπω lukanthrṓpō |
λῠκάνθρωποι lukánthrōpoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λυκανθρωπίᾱ (lukanthrōpíā)
Descendants
- → English: lycanthrope
- → French: lycanthrope
- Greek: λυκάνθρωπος (lykánthropos)
- → Latin: lycanthrōpus
Further reading
- “λυκάνθρωπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυκάνθρωπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liˈkanθɾopos/
- Hyphenation: λυ‧κάν‧θρω‧πος
Noun
λυκάνθρωπος • (lykánthropos) m (plural λυκάνθρωποι)
- (mythology) werewolf (person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf)
- Το μόνο πράγμα που μπορεί να σκοτώσει τον λυκάνθρωπο είναι μια ασημένια σφαίρα.
- To móno prágma pou boreí na skotósei ton lykánthropo eínai mia asiménia sfaíra.
- The only thing that can kill a werewolf is a silver bullet.
- (psychology, rare) person suffering from lycanthropy (delusion in which they believe they are a wolf)
Declension
declension of λυκάνθρωπος
case \ number | singular | plural | |
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nominative | λυκάνθρωπος • | λυκάνθρωποι • | |
genitive | λυκάνθρωπου •, λυκανθρώπου • | λυκάνθρωπων •, λυκανθρώπων • | |
accusative | λυκάνθρωπο • | λυκάνθρωπους •, λυκανθρώπους • | |
vocative | λυκάνθρωπε • | λυκάνθρωποι • | |
Second forms are formal. |
Related terms
- λυκανθρωπία f (lykanthropía, “lycanthropy”)
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