75%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Λυσιστράτη(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. LUY-SEES-TRA-TEH [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from Greek λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening" and στρατός (stratos) meaning "army". This is the name of a comedy by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantLysistrata Categories army, freedom, theatre, war Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/.