Lysimachia

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lysimachia f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Primulaceae - family; Myrsinoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lysimachia vulgaris (yellow loosestrife) - type species

References

• Lysimachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lysimachia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lysimachia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡσῐμᾰ́χειᾰ (Lūsimákheia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lyː.si.maˈkʰiː.a/, [lʲyːs̠ɪmäˈkʰiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.si.maˈki.a/, [lis̬imäˈkiːä]

Proper noun

Lȳsimachīa f sg (genitive Lȳsimachīae); first declension

1. a town of Chersonesus in Thrace

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lȳsimachīa
Genitive	Lȳsimachīae
Dative	Lȳsimachīae
Accusative	Lȳsimachīam
Ablative	Lȳsimachīā
Vocative	Lȳsimachīa
Locative	Lȳsimachīae

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