||Ly`can*thro"pi*a (?), n. [NL.] See Lycanthropy, 2.
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Ly`can*throp"ic (?), a. Pertaining to lycanthropy.
Ly*can"thro*pist (?), n. One affected by the disease lycanthropy.
Ly*can"thro*pous (?), a. Lycanthropic.
Ly*can"thro*py (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. lycanthropie.] 1. The supposed
act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. Lowell.
2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines
himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.
Ly*ce"um (?), n.; pl. E. Lyceums (#), L. Lycea (#). [L. lyceum, Gr.
&?;, so named after the neighboring temple of &?; &?; Apollo the wolf
slayer, prob. fr. &?; belonging to a wolf, fr &?; wolf. See Wolf.] 1. A
place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where
Aristotle taught philosophy.
2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or
disquisitions.
3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the
university.