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Lycaon
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Lewis Short
Lycāon | Lycāŏnĭus, a, um | Lycāŏnis, ĭdis (noun M.f) : Λυκάων
* A king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest, Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, id. ib. 2, 526.
* His grandson, also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.—Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian: mensa,Ov. Ib. 433: parens,i. e. Callisto,id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66: Arctos,i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear,Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235. —Hence, axis, the northern sky, where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.
* The daughter of Lycaon, i. e. Callisto, Ov. F. 2, 173.
* A king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest, Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, id. ib. 2, 526.
* His grandson, also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.—Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian: mensa,Ov. Ib. 433: parens,i. e. Callisto,id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66: Arctos,i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear,Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235. —Hence, axis, the northern sky, where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.
* The daughter of Lycaon, i. e. Callisto, Ov. F. 2, 173.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
- Aurelius Lycaon (Masc), ref: Stud. Pal. 2, S. 31 | PIR ID2586
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
See also:
lycaon
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