proper noun · neutersecond declension
Lycīum
Lycīum n sg (genitive Lycīī)
Meaning
- The Lyceum, near Athens.
Lўcĭum, and Lўcĭus, a, um, v. Lycia, II.
Lўcīum (less correctly Lўcēum, v. Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98), i, n., = Λύκειον,
I. a gymnasium very near Athens, in which Aristotle taught, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17; id. Div. 1, 13, 22; Liv. 31, 24, 18; Gell. 20, 5, 4.—
II. Transf.
A. The upper gymnasium of Cicero's Tusculan villa, with a library in it, Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8; 2, 3, 8.—
B. A gymnasium of the emperor Hadrian at his Tiburtine villa, Spart. Hadr. 27.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Lycīum or Lycēum ī, n
, Λύκειον, a gymnasium near Athens, C., L., O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion).