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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

  • 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

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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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