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When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.
Thomas Day

Meaning of "Lycurgus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LYCURGUS

Lycurgus  [laɪˈkɜːɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LYCURGUS

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Lycurgus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LYCURGUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Lycurgus in the English dictionary

The definition of Lycurgus in the dictionary is 9th century bc, Spartan lawgiver. He is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Spartan constitution, military institutions, and educational system.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LYCURGUS


argus
ˈɑːɡəs
bijugous
ˈbaɪdʒuːɡəs
Carrickfergus
ˌkærɪkˈfɜːɡəs
choregus
kəˈriːɡəs
demiurgus
ˌdemɪˈɜːɡəs
Fergus
ˈfɜːɡəs
multijugous
ˌmʌltɪˈdʒuːɡəs
negus
ˈniːɡəs
podargus
pəˈdɑːɡəs
rugous
ˈruːɡəs
sargus
ˈsɑːɡəs
thaumaturgus
ˌθɔːməˈtɜːɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LYCURGUS

Lycaon
Lycaonia
lyceum
lych gate
lychee
lychgate
lychnis
lychnoscope
Lycia
Lycian
Lycopene
lycopod
lycopodium
Lycopolis
Lycra
Lycra lout
Lydda
lyddite
Lydgate
Lydia

WORDS THAT END LIKE LYCURGUS

Aberdeen Angus
anilingus
Areopagus
asparagus
bogus
cunnilingus
cynomolgus
dingus
esophagus
fungus
hallux valgus
Longus
magus
Mingus
oesophagus
sarcophagus
Tagus
tragus
vagus
valgus

Synonyms and antonyms of Lycurgus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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莱克格斯
1,325 millions of speakers

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Licurgo
570 millions of speakers

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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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يكورغوس
280 millions of speakers

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Ликург
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Licurgo
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgue
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Lycurgus
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Lykurg
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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Lycurgus
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Licurgo
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Lycurgus
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Лікург
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Lycurgus
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Λυκούργος
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Lycurgus
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Lykurgos
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Lykurg
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Lycurgus

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Thomas Day
When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LYCURGUS»

Discover the use of Lycurgus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lycurgus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dinarchus, Hyperides, and Lycurgus
prominence under the democracy may have been responsible for his execution by the Thirty.7 Nothing is known about Lycurgus' political career until he convicted the general Lysicles for losing the battle of Chaeronea (Diodo- rus Siculus ...
‎2010
2
Minor Attic Orators: Lycurgus. Dinarchus. Demades. ...
Fourth century BCE orators were involved in Athenian resistance to Macedon. Lycurgus was with Demosthenes in the anti-Macedonian faction. Hyperides was also hostile to Philip and led Athenian patriots after 325 BCE.
‎1954
3
Ideal Commonwealths
Of Lycurgus the lawgiver we have nothing to relate that is certain and uncontroverted. For there are different accounts of his birth, his travels, his death, and especially of the laws and form of government which he established. But least of all are ...
Plutarch, Thomas More, Francis Bacon, 2008
4
The Lycurgus Cup
An Epic of adventure and passion...It will sweep you away!
Joseph Thomas Rossettie, 2000
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The Life of Alexander Lycurgus, Archbishop of the Cyclades
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1877 Original Publisher: Rivingtons Subjects: Biography
F. M. F. Skene, 2009
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The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
He is mentioned in Herodotus's Histories and Xenophon's Constitution of Sparta and History of Greece, but neither author was able to say when Lycurgus might have lived. Plutarch, who wrote Lycurgus a Life, admitted that it was impossible to  ...
Junius P. Rodriguez, 1997
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Athletics in Ancient Athens
This he accomplished, and also the levelling of the ravine, because a certain Deinias who owned this plot of land gave it to the city when Lycurgus suggested to him that he make the gift.237 The verbs here (rcepm0r|ui, e^epyd^ouat, noieco ) ...
Donald G. Kyle, 1993
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Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece
As a result, the years immediately following the war seem the most likely for the completion and consolidation of the Eunomia, including the institutionalization of pederasty. Lycurgus, Tyrtaeus, and Thaletas The ancients agreed that a lawgiver  ...
William A. Percy, 1998
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Plato's Cretan City: A Historical Interpretation of the Laws
The second check was set up with the establishment of the gerousia, or council of elders, a reform which Plato, like most of his contemporaries, attributes to Lycurgus, a man "in whose human nature there was an admixture of divine power" ...
Glenn R. Morrow, 1993
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Aristotle on Political Enmity and Disease: An Inquiry into ...
There is a story that is told by Plutarch, and also preserved in a slightly altered form by Stobaeus, about another reformer, Lycurgus the lawgiver, which exemplifies the reformer's subordination of anger to his objective of reform.12 Like Solon, ...
Kostas Kalimtzis, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LYCURGUS»

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EVENTS: Author will sign historic book July 25
"The book tells the story of reluctant abolitionist Lycurgus Sherwood, a man more concerned with tending his farm in antebellum Illinois than ... «The Times, Jul 15»
2
Confederate Soldiers Close in on Respectable International Cycling …
... Edward “Longshanks” and Lycurgus of Sparta to Muhammad, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Napoleon), any of us is bound to find something ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
3
Book signing at Wild Hare Cafe
According to Spencer, "The book tells the story of reluctant abolitionist Lycurgus Sherwood, a man more concerned with tending his farm in ... «Lincoln Courier, Jun 15»
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Author of book set in Fulton County speaks at Lewistown library
"Round Prairie Inferno" follows the tale of Lycurgus "Surge" Sherwood, a farmer living in 1858 in Marshall County. Surge is what Spencer ... «Canton Daily Ledger, Jun 15»
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Malthusian Climate Change Swindle, the Deadly Enemy of the …
Referencing Friedrich Schiller's essay on The Legislation of Lycurgus and Solon, she noted that Schiller portrays Sparta as the oligarchical ... «Executive Intelligence Review, Jun 15»
6
Two Books That Belong in Every CEO's Beach Bag
... or to devise the best guidelines and try to develop your people to meet them — the way Lycurgus did when giving laws to the Spartans? «Forbes, Jun 15»
7
Paganism for Beginners: Values
... who embodied Lord Cobham's virtues – inside are niches containing life-size statues of Socrates, Homer, Lycurgus and Epaminondas. «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Rich Greeks are paying to keep public services afloat
Prof Lycurgus Liaropoulos, a healthcare economist who has advised the Greek government on savings, says that public expenditure on ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
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Bringing final rest to deceased veterans
On May 9, 2013, First Lt. Zuinglius K. McCormack, 1829-1912 and his younger brother Private Lycurgus T. McCormack, 1845-1908, were ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Apr 15»
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Jean Jacques Rousseau And The Jews
The Jews present us with an outstanding spectacle: the laws of Numa, Lycurgus and Solon are dead; the far more ancient ones of Moses are ... «The Jewish Press, Apr 15»

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