Λυσίστρατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῠ́σῐς (lúsis, “releasing”) +‎ στρᾰτός (stratós, “army”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.sís.tra.tos/ → /lyˈsis.tra.tos/ → /liˈsis.tra.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.sís.tra.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈsis.tra.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈsis.tra.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈsis.tra.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈsis.tra.tos/

Proper noun

Λῡσῐ́στρᾰτος • (Lūsístratos) m (genitive Λῡσῐστρᾰ́του); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Lysistratus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λῡσῐ́στρᾰτος; τοῦ Λῡσῐστρᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῡσῐ́στρᾰτος ho Lūsístratos
Genitive	τοῦ Λῡσῐστρᾰ́του toû Lūsistrátou
Dative	τῷ Λῡσῐστρᾰ́τῳ tôi Lūsistrátōi
Accusative	τὸν Λῡσῐ́στρᾰτον tòn Lūsístraton
Vocative	Λῡσῐ́στρᾰτε Lūsístrate
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Λῡσῐστρᾰ́τη (Lūsistrátē)

Descendants

• Greek: Λυσίστρατος (Lysístratos)
• Latin: Lȳsistratus

References

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