Λυσίας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λῠ́σῐς (lúsis) + -ίας (-ías).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.sí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈsi.as/
Proper noun
Λῠσῐ́ᾱς • (Lusíās) m (genitive Λῠσῐ́ου); first declension
- a male given name
- Lysias, a fifth century BCE Athenian orator
Declension
Descendants
- → Latin: Lysiās
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016