λυσιμάχειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λυσιμάχιον (lusimákhion)

Etymology

Neutral form of λυσιμάχειος (lusimákheios, “of Lysimachus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.si.má.kʰeː.on/ → /ly.siˈma.çi.on/ → /li.siˈma.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.si.má.kʰeː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.siˈma.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.siˈma.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.siˈma.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.siˈma.çi.on/

Noun

λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον • (lūsĭmắkheion) n (genitive λῡσῐμᾰχείου); second declension

1. loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)

   Synonym: λύτρον (lútron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον; τοῦ λῡσῐμᾰχείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον tò lūsĭmắkheion	τὼ λῡσῐμᾰχείω tṑ lūsĭmăkheíō	τᾰ̀ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ tằ lūsĭmắkheiă
Genitive	τοῦ λῡσῐμᾰχείου toû lūsĭmăkheíou	τοῖν λῡσῐμᾰχείοιν toîn lūsĭmăkheíoin	τῶν λῡσῐμᾰχείων tôn lūsĭmăkheíōn
Dative	τῷ λῡσῐμᾰχείῳ tôi lūsĭmăkheíōi	τοῖν λῡσῐμᾰχείοιν toîn lūsĭmăkheíoin	τοῖς λῡσῐμᾰχείοις toîs lūsĭmăkheíois
Accusative	τὸ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον tò lūsĭmắkheion	τὼ λῡσῐμᾰχείω tṑ lūsĭmăkheíō	τᾰ̀ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ tằ lūsĭmắkheiă
Vocative	λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον lūsĭmắkheion	λῡσῐμᾰχείω lūsĭmăkheíō	λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ lūsĭmắkheiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Lysimachia

Further reading

• “λυσιμάχειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λυσιμάχειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette