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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λιγυρός λιγυρᾱ́ λιγυρόν
Genitive λιγυροῦ λιγυρᾶς λιγυροῦ
Dative λιγυρῷ λιγυρᾷ λιγυρῷ
Accusative λιγυρόν λιγυρᾱ́ν λιγυρόν
Vocative λιγυρέ λιγυρᾱ́ λιγυρόν
DualN/A/V λιγυρώ λιγυρᾱ́ λιγυρώ
G/D λιγυροῖν λιγυραῖν λιγυροῖν
PluralNominative λιγυροί λιγυραί λιγυρά
Genitive λιγυρῶν λιγυρῶν λιγυρῶν
Dative λιγυροῖς λιγυραῖς λιγυροῖς
Accusative λιγυρούς λιγυρᾱ́ς 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

  • εἴτε αὐλοῦ καὶ σύριγγοσ τὸ λιγυρώτερον, ἅλισ καὶ τούτων ἐν ὀρχήσει ἀπολαῦσαί σοι πάρεστιν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 72:3)
  • τάχα δὴ μεμψόμεθα τὴν Πυθίαν, ὅτι Γλαύκησ οὐ φθέγγεται τῆσ κιθαρῳδοῦ λιγυρώτερον, οὐδὲ χριομένη μύροισ οὐδ’ ἁλουργίδασ ἀμπεχομένη κάτεισιν εἰσ τὸ ἄδυτον, οὐδ’ ἐπιθυμιᾷ κασίαν ἢ λήδανον ἢ λιβανωτὸν ἀλλὰ δάφνην καὶ κρίθινον ἄλευρον. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 6 2:1)

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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