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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

  • εἰσ βῆμα τοῦ σοφιστοῦ Κρατεροῦ δένδρον ἐγὼ μακαριστόν, ἐπεί ποτε μεσσόθεν ὕλησ ἱστάμενον λιγυροῖσ ἐτρεφόμην ἀνέμοισ, ὀρνίθων ἐπίβαθρον ἐΰθροον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6611)

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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