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λιγυρός?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: ligyros

Principal Part: λιγυρός λιγυρή λιγυρόν

Structure: λιγυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from λιγύς

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 λιγυρά λιγυρόν
Genitive λιγυροῦ λιγυρᾶς λιγυροῦ
Dative λιγυρῷ λιγυρᾷ λιγυρῷ
Accusative λιγυρόν λιγυράν λιγυρόν
Vocative λιγυρέ λιγυρά λιγυρόν
DualN/A/V λιγυρώ λιγυρά λιγυρώ
G/D λιγυροῖν λιγυραῖν λιγυροῖν
PluralNominative λιγυροί λιγυραί λιγυρά
Genitive λιγυρῶν λιγυρῶν λιγυρῶν
Dative λιγυροῖς λιγυραῖς λιγυροῖς
Accusative λιγυρούς λιγυράς 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

  • 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

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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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