Lycurgann.adj.

/lʌɪˈkəːɡən/

Forms: Also Lycurgean, Lycurgian.

Etymology: < Latin Lycurgus, Greek Λυκοῦργος traditional lawgiver and founder of the Spartan constitution, dated in antiquity variously to the ninth and eighth centuries b.c.

A. n.

rare. An adherent of Lycurgus or his methods.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] > adherent of specific legislator

Lycurgan1584

1584 W. Allen True Def. Eng. Catholiques vii. 149 By the meanes of such Lycurgians as this, we haue in England new lawes against al claime of iurisdiction spiritual or temporal, that can be made by anie person whosoeuer, borne out of the Realme.

B. adj.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Lycurgus, or the constitutional innovations attributed to him; harsh, severe.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > extremely strict or rigorous

rigorousa1425

rigoriousc1515

Rhadamanthean1655

Lycurgan1846

society > law > legislation > legislator > [adjective] > to specific legislator

Solonian1843

Lycurgan1846

Sullan1866

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vi. 454 I incline to adopt the opinion of Thucydides as to the time at which the Lycurgean constitution was introduced at Sparta.

1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. III. 77 The most remarkable feat of Spartan ‘Diehardism’ was the attempt of the Royal Martyrs..to reclothe the dry bones of the ‘Lycurgean’ system in flesh.

1956 A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Relig. 242 The Lycurgean régime at Sparta was exceptional.

1962 Listener 30 Aug. 323/2 The Lycurgan training for public service enriched Greek ‘paedeia’.

1970 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 2) 1007/2 Proposals to revive the strictness of the Lycurgan training..were obstructed by the ephors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	lycurgan
释义	Lycurgann.adj. /lʌɪˈkəːɡən/ Forms: Also Lycurgean, Lycurgian. Etymology: < Latin Lycurgus, Greek Λυκοῦργος traditional lawgiver and founder of the Spartan constitution, dated in antiquity variously to the ninth and eighth centuries b.c. A. n. rare. An adherent of Lycurgus or his methods. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] > adherent of specific legislator Lycurgan1584 1584 W. Allen True Def. Eng. Catholiques vii. 149 By the meanes of such Lycurgians as this, we haue in England new lawes against al claime of iurisdiction spiritual or temporal, that can be made by anie person whosoeuer, borne out of the Realme. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Lycurgus, or the constitutional innovations attributed to him; harsh, severe. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > extremely strict or rigorous rigorousa1425 rigoriousc1515 Rhadamanthean1655 Lycurgan1846 society > law > legislation > legislator > [adjective] > to specific legislator Solonian1843 Lycurgan1846 Sullan1866 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vi. 454 I incline to adopt the opinion of Thucydides as to the time at which the Lycurgean constitution was introduced at Sparta. 1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. III. 77 The most remarkable feat of Spartan ‘Diehardism’ was the attempt of the Royal Martyrs..to reclothe the dry bones of the ‘Lycurgean’ system in flesh. 1956 A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Relig. 242 The Lycurgean régime at Sparta was exceptional. 1962 Listener 30 Aug. 323/2 The Lycurgan training for public service enriched Greek ‘paedeia’. 1970 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 2) 1007/2 Proposals to revive the strictness of the Lycurgan training..were obstructed by the ephors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1584
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