λυσιμάχειον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λυσιμάχιον (lusimákhion)
Etymology
Neutral form of λυσιμάχειος (lusimákheios, “of Lysimachus”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lyː.si.má.kʰeː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ly.siˈma.kʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ly.siˈma.çi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ly.siˈma.çi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.siˈma.çi.on/
Noun
λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον • (lūsĭmắkheion) n (genitive λῡσῐμᾰχείου); second declension
- loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
- Synonym: λύτρον (lútron)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον tò lūsĭmắkheion |
τὼ λῡσῐμᾰχείω tṑ lūsĭmăkheíō |
τᾰ̀ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ tằ lūsĭmắkheiă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῡσῐμᾰχείου toû lūsĭmăkheíou |
τοῖν λῡσῐμᾰχείοιν toîn lūsĭmăkheíoin |
τῶν λῡσῐμᾰχείων tôn lūsĭmăkheíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῡσῐμᾰχείῳ tōî lūsĭmăkheíōi |
τοῖν λῡσῐμᾰχείοιν toîn lūsĭmăkheíoin |
τοῖς λῡσῐμᾰχείοις toîs lūsĭmăkheíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον tò lūsĭmắkheion |
τὼ λῡσῐμᾰχείω tṑ lūsĭmăkheíō |
τᾰ̀ λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ tằ lūsĭmắkheiă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῡσῐμᾰ́χειον lūsĭmắkheion |
λῡσῐμᾰχείω lūsĭmăkheíō |
λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ lūsĭmắkheiă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: loosestrife (calque)
- → Translingual: Lysimachia
Further reading
- “λυσιμάχειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυσιμάχειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette