Lysimachus
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λυσίμαχος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lȳsĭmăchus: i, m., = Λυσίμαχος,
I one of the generals of Alexander the Great, afterwards king of Thrace, and founder of Lysimachia, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 5, 40, 117; Plin. 8, 16, 61, § 143; Just. 17, 1.—
II An Acarnanian, instructor of Alexander the Great, Just. 15, 3.—
III The discoverer of the herb lysimachia, Plin. 25, 7, 35, § 72.—
The name of a man, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Lȳsĭmăchus, ī, m. (Λυσίμαχος), Lysimaque [un des plus fameux généraux d’Alexandre] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 102 ; Plin. 8, 143 ; Just. 17, 1, 2 || nom d’un Acarnanien, maître d’Alexandre : Just. 15, 3, 1 || autres du même nom : Pl. Merc. 272 ; Plin. 25, 72.
Latin > German (Georges)
Lȳsimachus, ī, m. (Λυσίμαχος), einer der Feldherrn Alexanders des Gr., nach dessen Tode Beherrscher von Thrazien u. Pontus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 102. Iustin. 17, 1 sqq.
Wikipedia EN
Lysimachus (Greek: Λυσίμαχος) is an ancient and modern Greek name meaning "scattering the battle". The female equivalent of the name is Lysimache.
The name may refer to:
- Lysimachus the father of the Athenian politician Aristides the Just who had a grandson of the same name through Aristides
- Lysimachus of Acarnania, second tutor of Alexander of Great
- Lysimachus, a general who was a somatophylax of Alexander the Great and later King of Thrace, Macedonia and Asia Minor. Other members of his family include:
- his son, Lysimachus, one of the sons from his third wife Arsinoe II
- his grandson, Lysimachus of Egypt, one of the sons of Ptolemy II Philadelphus from his first wife Arsinoe I, who was one of the daughters of Lysimachus
- his other grandson, Lysimachus of Telmessos, first son of Ptolemy I Epigone who was the first son of Lysimachus from his third wife Arsinoe II
- his great-grandson, Lysimachus one of the sons of Berenice II and Ptolemy III Euergetes who was a brother of Lysimachus of Egypt
- Lysimachus, a physician from the Greek island of Kos
- Lysimachus, a comic poet of Old Comedy
- Lysimachus of Alexandria, 1st century BCE, grammarian from Alexandria of Ancient Egypt
- Lysimachus, the brother of High Priest Menelaus.
- Lysimachus, the translator of Greek version of the book of Esther.
- Lysimachus, a King of Sicily whom the Lysimachia, a genus of flowering plants, was named after
- Lysimachus, fictional governor of Mytilene in Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- Lysimachia, a city in Thrace founded by Lysimachus, King of Thrace, Macedonia and Asia Minor