Lycurgus

== English == === Proper noun === Lycurgus A male given name. ==== Usage notes ==== See the Latin entry for more details. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκοῦργος (Lukoûrgos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [lyˈkuːr.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [liˈkur.ɡus] === Proper noun === Lycūrgus m sg (genitive Lycūrgī); second declension The name of several kings of Ancient Greece A famous lawgiver of Sparta An orator from Athens ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: Licurg → Czech: Lykúrgos → Dutch: Lycurgus → English: Lycurgus → French: Lycurgue → German: Lykurg → Italian: Licurgo → Japanese: リュクルゴス → Spanish: Licurgo → Portuguese: Licurgo → Romanian: Licurg → Russian: Лику́рг (Likúrg) → Ukrainian: Лікург (Likurh) === References === “Lycurgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lycurgus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.