Also 6 lysimachion, -ium, lysimachus, 7 lisimachia, lecimachus, pl. 6 lysimachies (? -iaes), 8 lysimachias. [L. lysimachia, a. Gr. *λυσιμαχία, λυσιμάχιον, f. Λυσίμαχος Lysimachus (see LOOSESTRIFE).] = LOOSESTRIFE 1.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, I. li. 72. Especially foure, vnder whiche all the Lysimachies shalbe comprysed. Ibid., 73. Lysimachion verum. Yellow Lysimachion or Louse stryffe. Ibid., 74. In English Lysimachia, Willow herbe and Louse strife. Ibid., 75. The yellow Lysimachus or golden Louse stryfe.
1592. R. D., Hypnerotomachia, 36. The flowring Lysimachia or willow hearbe.
1610. Fletcher, Faithf. Shepherdess, II. ii. Yellow Lecimachus, to giue sweete rest To the faint Shepheard.
1657. S. Purchas, Pol. Flying-Ins., I. xv. 94. Bees gather of these flowers following… In June … Lisimachia.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v. Lysimachia, 6. The lesser yellow willow herb with leaves spotted with black. 7. The two-leaved yellow lysimachia with spiked flowers.
1864. in Webster; and in some later Dicts.
