Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λιγύφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιγύφωνος λιγύφωνον

Structure: λιγυφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. clear-voiced, loud-voiced, screaming

Examples

  • ἐκ δὲ Μελισσήεντοσ ἀπ’ εὐόδμου Ἑλικῶνοσ Μουσάων λιγύφωνον ἄγων χορὸν ἦλθεν Ἀπόλλων· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 19)
  • εὐμόλπει μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχων λιγύφωνον ἑταίρην, καλὰ καὶ εὖ κατὰ κόσμον ἐπιστάμενοσ ἀγορεύειν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 49:13)
  • λευκὰ πολυτρήτοιο νεόρρυτα κάλλεα κηροῦ πάντῃ δ’ ὀρνίθων γενεὴ λιγύφωνον ἀείδει, ἀλκυόνεσ περὶ κῦμα, χελιδόνεσ ἀμφὶ μέλαθρα, κύκνοσ ἐπ’ ὄχθαισιν ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὑπ’ ἄλσοσ ἀηδών. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 363 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. clear-voiced

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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