LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Lȳsippus

Meaning

  1. a celebrated brass-founder of Sicyon, to whom alone Alexander the Great gave permission to cast a statue of him

Lȳsippus, i, m., = Λύσιππος,
I. a celebrated brass-founder of Sicyon, to whom alone Alexander the Great gave permission to cast a statue of him, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; id. Brut. 86, 296; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; 34, 7, 17, § 37; Quint. 12, 10, 9.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyLysippusLysippus (Λύσιππος), artists. 1. Of Sicyon, one of the most distinguished Greek statuaries, is placed by Pliny at Ol. 114, as a contemporary of Alexan…

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What does Lȳsippus mean in Latin?
Lȳsippus, a proper noun, means “a celebrated brass-founder of Sicyon, to whom alone Alexander the Great gave permission to cast a statue of him”.