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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

  • δωδέκατοσ ἐπιγραμμάτων ποιητὴσ λιγυρόσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. s'. HRAKLEIDHS 9:10)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν πρώτη τριάσ ἐστι σαρδόνυξ τόπαζοσ σμάραγδοσ, ἡ δευτέρα δὲ ἄνθρακα παρέχεται καὶ ἰάσπιν καὶ σάπφειρον, τῆσ δὲ τρίτησ λίγυροσ μὲν ἄρχει εἶτα ἀμέθυσοσ ἀχάτησ δὲ τρίτοσ ἔνατοσ ὢν τοῖσ πᾶσι, τετάρτου δὲ στίχου χρυσόλιθοσ μὲν πρόκειται, μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸν ὄνυξ, εἶτα βήρυλλοσ, τελευταῖοσ οὗτοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 211:1)

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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