Lysimachus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.—

IV The name of a man , Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41.

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