lysimachia

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λυσιμαχία (lusimakhía). According to Pliny the Elder, named for its discoverer Lysimachus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lyː.siˈma.kʰi.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.siˈma.ki.a/,

Noun

lȳsimachia f (genitive lȳsimachiae); first declension

loosestrife: purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) or yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.LXXXII:
  item Lysimachia pota vel inlita vel naribus indita,
  1855–1857 translation by John Bostock and H. T. Riley
  In such cases, lysimachia also is taken in drink, applied topically, or introduced into the nostrils;

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lȳsimachia	lȳsimachiae
genitive	lȳsimachiae	lȳsimachiārum
dative	lȳsimachiae	lȳsimachiīs
accusative	lȳsimachiam	lȳsimachiās
ablative	lȳsimachiā	lȳsimachiīs
vocative	lȳsimachia	lȳsimachiae

Descendants

→ French: lysimaque
→ Translingual: Lysimachia

Further reading

“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 ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

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