lykos

"lykos"; but when it meant a man's name he must call it Wolf, whatever his own language.

The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman 1898

The Greek word for “wolf” was lykos, practically the same as Lykios, a Lycian.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The Greek word for “wolf” was lykos, practically the same as Lykios, a Lycian.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The Greek word for “wolf” was lykos, practically the same as Lykios, a Lycian.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

In my trusty Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the word "wolf" is described as having come into English from the Old High German "wolf," but the Latin word was "lupus" and the Greek "lykos."

Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

In my trusty Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the word "wolf" is described as having come into English from the Old High German "wolf," but the Latin word was "lupus" and the Greek "lykos."

Mount Lykaion Back in the News Jan 2008

It should have occurred to me that "Lykaion" was related to lykos - wolf.

Mount Lykaion Back in the News Jan 2008

It should have occurred to me that "Lykaion" was related to lykos - wolf.

Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

The name from _lykos_, a wolf, and _persica_, a peach, is given it because of the supposed aphrodisiacal qualities, and the beauty of the fruit.

Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato 1883

[Greek: Lykeios] is connected with [Greek: lykê], _light_, not with [Greek: lykos], _a wolf_.

Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1840