  Recent lattice data on $\pi\pi$-scattering phase shifts in the
vector-isovector channel, pseudoscalar meson masses and decay constants for
strange-quark masses smaller or equal to the physical value allow us to study
the strangeness dependence of these observables for the first time. We perform
a global analysis on two kind of lattice trajectories depending on whether the
sum of quark masses or the strange-quark mass is kept fixed to the physical
point. The quark mass dependence of these observables is extracted from
unitarized coupled-channel one-loop Chiral Perturbation Theory. This analysis
guides new predictions on the $\rho(770)$ meson properties over trajectories
where the strange-quark mass is lighter than the physical mass, as well as on
the SU(3) symmetric line. As a result, the light- and strange-quark mass
dependence of the $\rho(770)$ meson parameters are discussed and precise values
of the Low Energy Constants present in unitarized one-loop Chiral Perturbation
Theory are given. Finally, the current discrepancy between two- and
three-flavor lattice results for the $\rho(770)$ meson is studied.
