Pisistratus

English

Proper noun

Pisistratus

1. Alternative spelling of Peisistratus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πεισίστρατος (Peisístratos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piːˈsis.tra.tus/, [piːˈs̠ɪs̠t̪rät̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈsis.tra.tus/, [piˈs̬ist̪rät̪us]

Proper noun

Pīsistratus m sg (genitive Pīsistratī); second declension

1. Peisistratus, tyrant of Athens

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pīsistratus
Genitive	Pīsistratī
Dative	Pīsistratō
Accusative	Pīsistratum
Ablative	Pīsistratō
Vocative	Pīsistrate

References

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