COMPOUND: Λυκομήδης, -ους
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘Lycomedes’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem λυκο- (λύκος) ‘wolf’ (cf. Chantraine) + verbal root μήδ- (μήδομαι) ‘to be minded, intend’ + adj. suf. -ης,-ες
OCCURRENCE: Il. IX, 84; XII, 366; XVII, 345, 346; XIX, 240.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., gen. sg., acc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya / subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: uncertain etymology. Other etymologies have been put forward (Cf. Carnoy (DEMGR) and Chantraine)