lyceum
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lyceum¹
- /laɪˈsiːəm/
Where it comes from
From Latin Lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος, from Proto-Greek *λύκη), "light." The meaning of the epithet "Lyceus" later became associated with Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddess of Lycia (Λυκία) and who was identified with the wolf (λύκος). Doublet of lycée and Lyceum.
noun lyceums · lycea
- A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts. At a lyceum, not long since, I felt that the lecturer had chosen a theme too foreign to himself, and so failed to interest me as much as he might have done.
- A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée. We burst out laughing. She told me that one of her teachers at the "lyceum" used to say that whenever any of the students got up to anything.
- An association for literary improvement.
Lyceum²
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin Lycēum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion). Doublet of lyceum and lycée.
proper noun the Lyceum
- An ancient Greek temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.
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noun a public hall designed for lectures or concerts
| 日本語 | 学園 gakuen |
|---|---|
| Français | amphithéâtre |
| Deutsch | Aula, Konzertsaal, Vortragssaal |
| Italiano | auditorium, sala da concerto |
| Ελληνικά | λύκειο lýkeio |
| Русский | лице́й licéj |
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