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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

Examples

  • ὅθεν οἳ μὲν τὴν εὐσταθῆ καὶ βαρεῖαν καὶ αὐστηρὰν καὶ φιλάρχαιον καὶ σεμνὴν καὶ φεύγουσαν ἅπαν τὸ κομψὸν ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἁρμονίαν, οἳ δὲ τὴν γλαφυρὰν καὶ λιγυρὰν καὶ θεατρικὴν καὶ πολὺ τὸ κομψὸν καὶ μαλακὸν ἐπιφαίνουσαν, ᾗ πανηγύρεισ τε κηλοῦνται καὶ ὁ συμφορητὸσ ὄχλοσ, οἳ δὲ συνθέντεσ ἀφ’ ἑκατέρασ τὰ χρησιμώτατα τὴν μικτὴν καὶ μέσην ἐζήλωσαν ἀγωγήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 36 2:2)
  • τὸ γὰρ ὅλον ἐστὶν αὐτῆσ βούλημα καὶ ἡ πολλὴ πραγματεία περὶ τὸ συσπασθῆναί τε καὶ συνυφάνθαι πάντα τὰ μόρια τῆσ περιόδου, μιᾶσ λέξεωσ ἀποτελοῦντα φαντασίαν, καὶ ἔτι πρὸσ τούτῳ περὶ τὸ πᾶσαν εἶναι τὴν λέξιν, ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖσ μουσικαῖσ συμφωνίαισ, ἡδεῖαν καὶ λιγυράν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 40 2:2)
  • οὐδὲ Διωνύσου τισ ἀνὴρ ἱεροὺσ κατ’ ἀγῶνασ ἵκετ’ ἐπιστάμενοσ λιγυρὰν ἀναμέλψαι ἀοιδάν, ᾧ οὐ δωτίναν ἀντάξιον ὤπασε τέχνασ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 58)
  • Δαμοκρίτῳ μὲν ἐγώ, λιγυρὰν ὅκα μοῦσαν ἐνείην ἀκρὶσ ἀπὸ πτερύγων, τὸν βαθὺν ἆγον ὕπνον Δαμόκριτοσ δ’ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ τὸν ἐοικότα τύμβον, ὁδῖτα, ἐγγύθεν Ὠρωποῦ χεῦεν ἀποφθιμένᾳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1971)

Synonyms

  1. pliant

Related

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

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