Lysimachus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡσῐ́μᾰχος (Lūsímakhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lyːˈsi.ma.kʰus/, [lʲyːˈs̠ɪmäkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈsi.ma.kus/, [liˈs̬iːmäkus]

Proper noun

Lȳsimachus m sg (genitive Lȳsimachī); second declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Mercator of Plautus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lȳsimachus
genitive	Lȳsimachī
dative	Lȳsimachō
accusative	Lȳsimachum
ablative	Lȳsimachō
vocative	Lȳsimache

References

• “Lysimachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lysimachus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.