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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

  • γραφικὸσ ἁνήρ, καὶ ἡδὺσ ὁ λόγοσ, καὶ χάρισ ἔπεστι καὶ δεινότησ καὶ ὡρ́α τοῖσ διηγήμασι μῦθον δ’ ὡσ ὅτ’ ἀοιδόσ, ἐπισταμένωσ μὲν οὒ λιγυρῶσ δὲ καὶ γλαφυρῶσ ἠγόρευκεν. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 43 8:2)
  • Δεύτεροσ αὖ Δάφνισ λιγυρῶσ ἀνεβάλλετ’ ἀείδειν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 56)

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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