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Lysimachus

American  
[lahy-sim-uh-kuhs] / laɪˈsɪm ə kəs /

noun

  1. 361?–281 b.c., Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.


Lysimachus British  
/ laɪˈsɪməkəs /

noun

  1. ?360–281 bc , Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; king of Thrace (323–281); killed in battle by Seleucus I

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I heard recently that Alexander Lysimachus, Alabarch of Alexandria, was in Jerusalem, presenting a Gate to the Temple, and sending my wife and children to Ptolemais, I hastened hither to get a loan of him.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

Lysimachus trifled with a stick of wax and heard Flaccus to the end of the sentence.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

Lysimachus grasped the grill of the window, and turned slowly toward his daughter.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

Within were three notes of a talent each, signed by Alexander Lysimachus, the Alabarch of Alexandria.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

In 292, Lysimachus declared war against them, alleging as an excuse that they had rendered assistance to certain barbarous Macedonian tribes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

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