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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυσίας (Lusías).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lysias m
- Lysias (Attic orator)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυσίᾱς (Lusíās).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lȳsiās m sg (genitive Lȳsiae); first declension
- A celebrated Greek orator and logographer
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
References
- Lysias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lysias”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray