Πεισίστρατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πεῖσῐς (peîsis, “persuasion”) +‎ στρατός (stratós, “army”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peː.sís.tra.tos/ → /piˈsis.tra.tos/ → /piˈsis.tra.tos/

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

Proper noun

Πεισῐ́στρᾰτος • (Peisístratos) m (genitive Πεισῐστρᾰ́του); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peisistratus or Pisistratus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πεισῐ́στρᾰτος; τοῦ Πεισῐστρᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πεισῐ́στρᾰτος ho Peisístratos
Genitive	τοῦ Πεισῐστρᾰ́του toû Peisistrátou
Dative	τῷ Πεισῐστρᾰ́τῳ tôi Peisistrátōi
Accusative	τὸν Πεισῐ́στρᾰτον tòn Peisístraton
Vocative	Πεισῐ́στρᾰτε Peisístrate
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πεισῐστρᾰτῐ́δης (Peisistratídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Πεισίστρατος (Peisístratos)
• Latin: Peisistratus; Pisistratus
• Old Armenian: Պիսիստրատոս (Pisistratos)
  • Armenian: Պիսիստրատոս (Pisistratos)

Further reading

• “Πεισίστρατος”, 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 1,022