Lysistrata
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A comedy by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying men sex.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυσιστράτη (army disbander).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Λυσιστράτη
Gloss
army disbander
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lysistratan English
- Λυσιστράτη Ancient Greek
- λῠ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- στρᾰτός Ancient Greek