Lycaon

Lycāon, ŏnis, m., = Λυκάων,

I a king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest , Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, Ov. M. 2, 526.—

B His grandson , also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.—Hence,

II

A Lycāŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian : mensa, Ov. Ib. 433: parens, i. e. Callisto , id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66: Arctos, i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear , Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235. —Hence, axis, the northern sky , where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.—

B Lycāŏnis , ĭdis, f., the daughter of Lycaon , i. e. Callisto , Ov. F. 2, 173.