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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

  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν κρῆναι καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἄλσεα, καὶ λαλαγεῦντεσ ὄρνιθεσ λιγυροὶ καλὸν ἐπ’ ἀκρεμόνων, αὖραί τε μαλακὸν συρίγμασι κῶμα φέρουσαι, καὶ κῆποι Χαρίτων εἰσ ἓν ἀγειρομένων, κλαύσατε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1291)

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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