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Gender Feminine
Usage Literature
Scripts Λυκωρίς(Greek)
Other Forms FormsLiquoris (Boccaccio), Lycorida, Lycoride, Lychorida, Lychoride, Lichorida, Lycoreus, Lycorus, Lykoros, Lycorias
Meaning & History
Supposedly related to Greek λυκοφως (lykophos) "twilight" or λυκαυγές (lykauges) "morning twilight, dawn", derived from λυκος (lykos) "wolf" and αυγη (auge) "dawn, daylight". It was used by Latin poet Cornelius Gallus as a pseudonym for the actress-courtesan (Volumnia) Cytheris. A genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family is named after her.