λύρα
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λύρα
λύρᾱς
Structure:
λυρ
(Stem)
+
α
(Ending)
Sense
- lyre
- lyric poetry and music
- the constellation Lyra
- a sea-fish, perhaps a piper gurnard
Declension
First declension
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.
- οἴχωκε γὰρ κροτητὰ πηκτίδων μέλη, λύραι μόναυλοί θ’ οἷσ ἐχαίρομεν τέωσ ναούσ τ’ ἐρημοῖ πισσοκωνίασ Ἄρησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 78 1:4)
- "πηκταὶ δὲ λύραι καὶ μαγάδιδεσ τὰ τ’ ἐν Ἕλλησι ξόαν’ ἡδυμελῆ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:10)
- "ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰκὸσ ἐξηρτημένα τῆσ τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεωσ ὑπουργεῖν, καὶ συμπαθεῖν ταῖσ τοῦ θεοῦ κινήσεσιν ἢ Σκύθαισ τόξα λύραι δ’ Ἕλλησι καὶ αὐλοὶ συμπαθοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 21 3:3)
- ἁδύλογοι δέ νιν λύραι μολπαί τε γιγνώσκοντι. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 30:1)
- λέγονται δὲ καὶ γραμμάτων Ἑλληνικῶν χρῆσιν εἰσ Ἰταλίαν πρῶτοι διακομίσαι νεωστὶ φανεῖσαν Ἀρκάδεσ καὶ μουσικὴν τὴν δι’ ὀργάνων, ἃ δὴ λύραι τε καὶ τρίγωνα καὶ αὐλοὶ καλοῦνται, τῶν προτέρων ὅτι μὴ σύριγξι ποιμενικαῖσ οὐδενὶ ἄλλῳ μουσικῆσ τεχνήματι χρωμένων, νόμουσ τε θέσθαι καὶ τὴν δίαιταν ἐκ τοῦ θηριώδουσ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον εἰσ ἡμερότητα μεταγαγεῖν τέχνασ τε καὶ ἐπιτηδεύματα καὶ ἄλλα πολλά τινα ὠφελήματα εἰσ τὸ κοινὸν καταθεῖναι, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα πολλῆσ ἐπιμελείασ τυγχάνειν πρὸσ τῶν ὑποδεξαμένων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 33 6:1)
Synonyms
-
lyre
-
lyric poetry and music
- μουσική (any of the Muses' arts, especially music and lyrical poetry set to music)
- μουσεῖον (a home of music or poetry, a choir)
-
the constellation Lyra
