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Λύκειον

Λύκειον

See also: λύκειον

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Λύκειον (Lúkeion) n (genitive Λυκείου); second declension

  1. Lyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Λύκειο (Lýkeio)
  • Latin: Lyceum

References

  • Λύκειον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015