noun

Lўcurgus

gen. Lўcurgi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

= Λυκοῦργος.

Son of Dryas, king of the Edones, who prohibited the worship of Bacchus to his subjects, and ordered all the vines to be destroyed

Son of Dryas, king of the Edones, who prohibited the worship of Bacchus to his subjects, and ordered all the vines to be destroyed, Ov. M. 4, 22; Prop. 4, 16, 23; Stat. Th. 4, 386; Hor. C. 2, 19, 16; Hyg. Fab. 132; 242.—

Son of Pheres, a king of Nemea

Son of Pheres, a king of Nemea, Stat. Th. 5, 39. —

Son of Aleus and Neæra, and father of Ancæus, a king of Arcadia;; a male descendant of Lycurgus

Son of Aleus and Neæra, and father of Ancæus, a king of Arcadia; hence, Lў-curgīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Lycurgus, i. e. Ancæus, Ov. Ib. 503; and: Lўcŏorgīdes, ae, m., the same, Prisc. 584 P.—

The famous lawgiver of the Spartans

The famous lawgiver of the Spartans, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 96; id. Rep. 2, 1; 2, 9, 5 sq.; id. Off. 1, 22, 76; Vell. 1, 6, 3 et saep.—

An Athenian orator, the contemporary and friend of Demosthenes, famed for his incorruptible integrity; a severe magistrate; disciples of Lycurgus, inflexibly severe by extension •

An Athenian orator, the contemporary and friend of Demosthenes, famed for his incorruptible integrity, Cic. Brut. 34, 130; id. de Or. 2, 23, 94.—Transf., for a severe magistrate: Lycurgos invenisse se praedicabat et Cassios, columina justitiae prisca, Amm. 30, 8, 13.—Hence, Lўcur-gēi, ōrum, m., = Λυκούργειοι, disciples of Lycurgus, inflexibly severe: nosmetipsi, qui Lycurgei a principio fuissemus, cotidie demitigamur, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3.

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