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Lycium

Lycium, a gymnasium near Athens

Lycĭum, and Lycĭus, a, um, v. Lycia, II.
Lycīum (less correctly Lycēum, v. Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98), i, n., = Λύκειον,
  • a gymnasium very near Athens, in which Aristotle taught, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17; id. Div. 1, 13, 22; Liv. 31, 24, 18; Gell. 20, 5, 4.—
  • II Transf.
    • A The upper gymnasium of Cicero's Tusculan villa, with a library in it, Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8; 2, 3, 8.—
    • B A gymnasium of the emperor Hadrian at his Tiburtine villa, Spart. Hadr. 27.

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