Lycus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκος (Lúkos). Doublet of lupus and lycos. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈly.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.kus] === Proper noun === Lycus m sg (genitive Lycī); second declension a male given name, character in the play Poenulus of Plautus The name of various rivers of Asia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Lycus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lycus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Lycus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly