Lysistrata

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A comedy by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, a comic account of one woman's (Lysistrata) extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying men sex.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
  1. A woman who withholds sex in order to get her way.

Pronunciation

/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lysistrata.wav

Word forms

Lysistrata Lysistratas

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυσιστράτη (Lusistrátē, “army disbander”).

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