Λύσιππος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῠ́σῐς (lúsis, “releasing”) +‎ ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly̌ː.sip.pos/ → /ˈly.sip.pos/ → /ˈli.si.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly̌ː.sip.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sip.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sip.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sip.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.si.pos/

Proper noun

Λῡ́σῐππος • (Lū́sippos) m (genitive Λῡσῐ́ππου); second declension

1. a male given name: Lysippos; Lysippus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λῡ́σῐππος; τοῦ Λῡσῐ́ππου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῡ́σῐππος ho Lū́sippos
Genitive	τοῦ Λῡσῐ́ππου toû Lūsíppou
Dative	τῷ Λῡσῐ́ππῳ tôi Lūsíppōi
Accusative	τὸν Λῡ́σῐππον tòn Lū́sippon
Vocative	Λῡ́σῐππε Lū́sippe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Lysippus, Lysippos
• Greek: Λύσιππος (Lýsippos)
• Latin: Lȳsippus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016