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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

  • εἰ κύκνῳ δύναται κόρυδοσ παραπλήσιον ᾅδειν τολμῷεν δ’ ἐρίσαι σκῶπεσ ἀηδονίσιν, εἰ κόκκυξ τέττιγοσ ἐρεῖ λιγυρώτεροσ εἶναι, ἶσα ποεῖν καὶ ἐγὼ Παλλαδίῳ δύναμαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3801)

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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