λύκος
Alt. λύ^κος, ὁ,
Lat. lupus, a wolf, Hom.;—proverb., λύκον ἰδεῖν to see "a wolf", i. e. "to be struck dumb", as was vulgarly believed of any one of whom a wolf got the first look, Plat., Theocr. (so Virg., "Moerim lupi videre priores);" λύκος οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ, of an impossibility, Ar.