lyceum English · revision 1188

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /laɪˈsiːəm/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|Lyceum]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|grc|Λύκειον|tr=Lúkeion]], the name of a grove and gymnasium outside Athens where Aristotle taught.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) The place was named from the neuter of ''Lúkeios'', an epithet of Apollo, whose temple stood nearby.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) The epithet was probably understood as “wolfish” or “wolf-slayer”, from ''lúkos'' “wolf”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The garden at Athens where Aristotle taught, and so his school of philosophy (1579–80).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A Lyceum founded in Paris in 1786 for lectures gave the name to many literary institutions in England in the early 19th century.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) From 1820 in the U.S. a lyceum was an association providing public lectures and concerts, or the hall where they were held.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) The word was also used for a French [[lycée]] (1827).^(OED 1989)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1579–80 – the garden at Athens where Aristotle taught.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1786 – an institution for lectures.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1820 – an American association for public lectures.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1827 – a lycée.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A hall for public [[lecture|alt=lectures]], concerts and similar events.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An association that sponsors public lectures and entertainments.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[lycée]], or a similar secondary school.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Proper noun===

+ # The gymnasium near ancient Athens where [[Aristotle]] taught.^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lycée]]

+ * [[academy]]

+ * [[lycanthropy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}