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λιγυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιγυρός λιγυρή λιγυρόν

Structure: λιγυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from ligu/s

Sense

  1. clear, whistling, which vent themselves in shrill wailings, clear-voiced, sweet-toned
  2. pliant, flexible

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λιγυρός λιγυρᾱ́ λιγυρόν
Genitive λιγυροῦ λιγυρᾶς λιγυροῦ
Dative λιγυρῷ λιγυρᾷ λιγυρῷ
Accusative λιγυρόν λιγυρᾱ́ν λιγυρόν
Vocative λιγυρέ λιγυρᾱ́ λιγυρόν
DualN/A/V λιγυρώ λιγυρᾱ́ λιγυρώ
G/D λιγυροῖν λιγυραῖν λιγυροῖν
PluralNominative λιγυροί λιγυραί λιγυρά
Genitive λιγυρῶν λιγυρῶν λιγυρῶν
Dative λιγυροῖς λιγυραῖς λιγυροῖς
Accusative λιγυρούς λιγυρᾱ́ς λιγυρά
Vocative λιγυροί λιγυραί λιγυρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λιγυρός λιγυροῦ λιγυρώτερος λιγυρωτεροῦ λιγυρώτατος λιγυρωτατοῦ
Adverb λιγυρώς λιγυρώτερον λιγυρώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῶν τε σχημάτων ἔνθα μὲν ἄν τισ εὑρ́οι τὰ σεμνὰ καὶ αὐστηρὰ καὶ ἀρχαῖα πλεονάζοντα, ἔνθα δὲ τὰ λιγυρὰ καὶ γλαφυρὰ καὶ θεατρικά. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 43 5:3)
  • δύο δ’ ἀργίποδασ κριοὺσ ἀνελὼν τοῦ μὲν κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν ῥιπτεῖ θερίσασ, τὸν δ’ ὀρθὸν ἄνω κίονι δήσασ μέγαν ἱπποδέτην ῥυτῆρα λαβὼν παίει λιγυρᾷ μάστιγι διπλῇ, κακὰ δεννάζων ῥήμαθ’, ἃ δαίμων κοὐδεὶσ ἀνδρῶν ἐδίδαξεν. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, anapests4)
  • τόσον ἔσθενε νήματα Μοίρησ, ὡσ λιγυρὰ κλεῖσαι χείλεα Καλλιόπησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5972)

Synonyms

  1. pliant

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

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