Λύσανδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῠ́σῐς (lúsis, “releasing”) +‎ ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.san.dros/ → /ˈly.san.dros/ → /ˈli.san.dros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.san.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.san.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.san.dros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.san.dros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.san.dros/

Proper noun

Λῠ́σᾰνδρος • (Lúsandros) m (genitive Λῠσᾰ́νδρου); second declension

1. a male given name: Lysander

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λῠ́σᾰνδρος; τοῦ Λῠσᾰ́νδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῠ́σᾰνδρος ho Lúsandros
Genitive	τοῦ Λῠσᾰ́νδρου toû Lusándrou
Dative	τῷ Λῠσᾰ́νδρῳ tôi Lusándrōi
Accusative	τὸν Λῠ́σᾰνδρον tòn Lúsandron
Vocative	Λῠ́σᾰνδρε Lúsandre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Lysander
• Greek: Λύσανδρος (Lýsandros)
• Latin: Lysander

References

• “Λύσανδρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016