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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

  • τοὶ μὲν ὑπὸ λιγυρῶν συρίγγων ἱέσαν αὐδὴν ἐξ ἁπαλῶν στομάτων, περὶ δέ σφισιν ἄγνυτο ἠχώ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:21)
  • γελοῖοι δ’ ἴσωσ ἐσμὲν ἐπὶ τῷ μανθάνειν τὰ ζῷα σεμνύνοντεσ, ὧν ὁ Δημόκριτοσ ἀποφαίνει μαθητὰσ ἐν τοῖσ μεγίστοισ γεγονότασ ἡμᾶσ ἀράχνησ ἐν ὑφαντικῇ καὶ ἀκεστικῇ, χελιδόνοσ ἐν οἰκοδομίᾳ καὶ τῶν λιγυρῶν, κύκνου καὶ ἀηδόνοσ, ἐν ᾠδῇ κατὰ μίμησιν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 201)
  • σοὶ παιὰν φίλοσ ἦν καὶ ὁ χρυσοκόμησ Ὑμέναιοσ, καὶ λιγυρῶν αὐλῶν ἡδυμελεῖσ χάριτεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1772)
  • αἴθε δὲ τεύχειν ἔσθενε καὶ λιγυρῶν ἡδὺ μέλοσ στομάτων, ὥσ κεν ἐπ’ ὀφθαλμοῖσι καὶ οὐάσιν, ἔκ τε προσώπου, ἔκ τε λυροκτυπίησ, ἶσον ἐθελγόμεθα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2772)
  • ὁ δὲ λαβὼν αὐτὸν ἔτρεφε σπλάγχνοισ λεόντων καὶ συῶν ἀγρίων καὶ ἄρκτων μυελοῖσ, καὶ ὠνόμασεν Ἀχιλλέα πρότερον δὲ ἦν ὄνομα αὐτῷ Λιγύρων ὅτι τὰ χείλη μαστοῖσ οὐ προσήνεγκε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 13 6:5)

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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