Lysimachia

Translingual

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Proper noun

Lysimachia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Myrsinaceae – many of the plants called loosestrifes and their relatives.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ (Lūsimákheia).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /lyː.si.maˈkʰiː.a/, [lyː.sɪ.maˈkʰiː.a]

Proper noun

Lȳsimachīa f (genitive Lȳsimachīae); first declension

  1. a town of Chersonesus in Thrace

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Lȳsimachīa
genitive Lȳsimachīae
dative Lȳsimachīae
accusative Lȳsimachīam
ablative Lȳsimachīā
vocative Lȳsimachīa

Derived terms

  • Lȳsimachienses

References

  • Lysimachia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lysimachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Lysimachia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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