Lycurgus

[lahy-kur-guh s] /laɪˈkɜr gəs/

noun
1.
flourished 9th century b.c, Spartan lawgiver.
/laɪˈkɜːɡəs/
noun
1.
9th century bc, Spartan lawgiver. He is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Spartan constitution, military institutions, and educational system

Read Also:

Lyd
Libya-dinar (currency)
Lydda
/ˈlɪdə/ noun 1. another name for Lod a town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter’s miracle in healing the paralytic AEneas. It lay about 9 miles east of Joppa, on the road from the sea-port to Jerusalem. In the Old Testament […]
Lyddite
[lid-ahyt] /ˈlɪd aɪt/ noun, Chemistry. 1. a high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid. /ˈlɪdaɪt/ noun 1. an explosive consisting chiefly of fused picric acid 2. a dense black variety of chert, formerly used as a touchstone

Lydgate
[lid-geyt, -git] /ˈlɪdˌgeɪt, -gɪt/ noun 1. John, c1370–1451? English monk, poet, and translator. /ˈlɪdˌɡeɪt/ noun 1. John. ?1370–?1450, English poet and monk. His vast output includes devotional works and translations, such as that of a French version of Boccaccio’s The Fall of Princes (1430–38)
Lydia
[lid-ee-uh] /ˈlɪd i ə/ noun 1. an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor. 2. a female given name. /ˈlɪdɪə/ noun 1. an ancient region on the coast of W Asia Minor: a powerful kingdom in the century and a half before the Persian conquest (546 […]