Lyceum
<p><i>Lyceum</i> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> rendering of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> Λύκειον (<i>Lykeion</i>), the name of a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_%28ancient_Greece%29" title="Gymnasium (ancient Greece)">gymnasium</a></i> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Athens" title="Classical Athens">Classical Athens</a> dedicated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lyceus" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo Lyceus">Apollo Lyceus</a>. </p>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_%28Classical%29" title="Lyceum (Classical)">This original lyceum</a> is remembered as the location of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school" title="Peripatetic school">peripatetic school</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a>. </p>
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Some countries derive the name for their modern schools from the Latin but use the Greek name for the ancient school: for example, Dutch has <i>Lykeion</i> (ancient) and <i>Lyceum</i> (modern), both rendered "lyceum" in English (note that in classical Latin the "C" in <i>lyceum</i> was always pronounced as a K, not a soft C, as in modern English).
The name <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycée">Lycée</a></i> was retrieved and utilized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> in 1802 to name the main secondary education establishments. From France the name spread in many countries influenced by French culture.</p>
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see school of athens
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