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λυκάνθρωπος

λυκάνθρωπος, were-wolf

λῠκάνθρωπ-ος, ὁ and ἡ,
  • were-wolf or man-wolf, Marc.Sid. (cf. Suid. s. h. v.) ap. Gal. 19.719, Aët. 6.11, Paul.Aeg. 3.16:—hence λῠκανθρωπ-ία, ἡ, a kind of madness, in which the patient had the ravenous appetite and other qualities of a wolf, Gal. l.c., Orib. Syn. 8.9.

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