Λυσιδίκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λυσιδίκα (Lusidíka) — Doric

Etymology

From λῠ́σῐς (lúsis, “releasing”) +‎ δῐ́κη (díkē, “justice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.si.dí.kɛː/ → /ly.siˈði.ci/ → /li.siˈði.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.si.dí.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.siˈdi.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.siˈði.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.siˈði.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.siˈði.ci/

Proper noun

Λῡσῐδῐ́κη • (Lūsidíkē) f (genitive Λῡσῐδῐ́κης); first declension

1. a female given name: Lysidice
   1. (Greek mythology) Lysidice, the daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 7.1:

        Λυσιδίκη δὲ καὶ Πιτθεὺς ἀδελφοὶ γεγονότες ἐξ Ἱπποδαμείας καὶ Πέλοπος.

        Lusidíkē dè kaì Pittheùs adelphoì gegonótes ex Hippodameías kaì Pélopos.

        Lysidice and Pittheus were siblings, born from Hippodamia and Pelops.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λῡσῐδῐ́κη; τῆς Λῡσῐδῐ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῡσῐδῐ́κη hē Lūsidíkē
Genitive	τῆς Λῡσῐδῐ́κης tês Lūsidíkēs
Dative	τῇ Λῡσῐδῐ́κῃ têi Lūsidíkēi
Accusative	τὴν Λῡσῐδῐ́κην tḕn Lūsidíkēn
Vocative	Λῡσῐδῐ́κη Lūsidíkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Λυσιδίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
• Λυσιδίκη - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.