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.

Case	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.