Lycurgus, i, m., = Λυκοῦργος.
I Son of Dryas, king of the Edones, who prohibited the worship of Bacchus to his subjects, and ordered all the vines to be destroyed , Ov. M. 4, 22; Prop. 4, 16, 23; Stat. Th. 4, 386; Hor. C. 2, 19, 16; Hyg. Fab. 132; 242.—
II Son of Pheres, a king of Nemea , Stat. Th. 5, 39. —
III Son of Aleus and Neaera, and father of Ancaeus, a king of Arcadia; hence, Ly-curgīdes , ae, m., a male descendant of Lycurgus , i. e. Ancaeus , Ov. Ib. 503; and: Lycŏorgīdes , ae, m., the same, Prisc. 584 P.—
IV The famous lawgiver of the Spartans , Cic. Div. 1, 43, 96; id. Rep. 2, 1; 2, 9, 5 sq.; id. Off. 1, 22, 76; Vell. 1, 6, 3 et saep.—
V An Athenian orator, the contemporary and friend of Demosthenes, famed for his incorruptible integrity , Cic. Brut. 34, 130; id. de Or. 2, 23, 94.—Transf., for a severe magistrate : Lycurgos invenisse se praedicabat et Cassios, columina justitiae prisca, Amm. 30, 8, 13.
VI —Hence, Lycurgēi , ōrum, m., = Λυκούργειοι, disciples of Lycurgus, inflexibly severe : nosmetipsi, qui Lycurgei a principio fuissemus, cotidie demitigamur, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3.