proper noun · masculinefirst declension
Lȳsiās
Lȳsiās m sg (genitive Lȳsiae)
Classical[ˈlyː.si.aːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.s̬i.as]
Meaning
- A celebrated Greek orator and logographer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lȳsiās | — |
| genitive | Lȳsiae | — |
| dative | Lȳsiae | — |
| accusative | Lȳsiān | — |
| ablative | Lȳsiā | — |
| vocative | Lȳsiā | — |
Lўsĭas, ae, m., = Λυσίας.
I. Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens:
tum fuit Lysias, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere, Cic. Brut. 9, 35; cf. id. ib. 85, 293; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Or. 9, 29; Quint. 10, 1, 78; 12, 10, 24.—Hence, B. Lўsĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the orator Lysias:
gracilitas, Quint. 12, 10, 24.—II. A physician, Cels. 5, 18.—
III. A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 2.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs) Ancient Greek -ίας (-ías) Ancient Greek Λυσίᾱς (Lusíās)bor. Latin Lȳsiās Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυσίᾱς (Lusíās).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
Biography & mythologyLysiasLysias (Λυσίας), an Attic orator, was born at Athens in B. C. 458; he was the son of Cephalus, who was a native of Syracuse, and had taken up his abod…GeographyLysiasLysias (Λυσιάς: Eth. Λυσιάδης), a small town in Phrygia, between Synnada and Prymnessus. (Strab. xii. p.576; Plin. Nat. 5.29; Ptol. 5.2.23; Hierocl. p…