lysistrata
/laɪˈsɪstrətə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "The authors have drawn to some extent on the Lysistrata to aid them, but have fallen as far short of the fun as of the indecency of that memorable play."
- "The idea of a sex strike is as old as Aristophanes. Undoubtedly after a tiff with Mrs. Aristophanes, he wrote his “Lysistrata,” a comedy about wives who end the Peloponnesian War by resisting their husbands."
- "So I created the same women and started with the same story, but then just played it out in a contemporary setting. Also, unlike in “Lysistrata,” the sex strike doesn’t work."
- "Making sex a quid for some quo can be, as in “Lysistrata,” a dramatic strategy, but it probably isn’t the best one."
- "Seeing our sexual culture through this data, one might think we are at war, and Lysistrata a real person."
- "I drop the note on the floor and take another sheet and write "YES. Lysistrata Lee.""
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Λυσιστράτη