Lycus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκος (Lúkos). Doublet of lupus and lycos.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈly.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.kus]

Lycus m sg (genitive Lycī); second declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Poenulus of Plautus
2. The name of various rivers of Asia

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “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