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λύρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύρα λύρᾱς

Structure: λυρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. lyre
  2. lyric poetry and music
  3. the constellation Lyra
  4. 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.

Examples

  • ὅτε τὸν Ὀρφέα διεσπάσαντο αἱ Θρᾷτται, φασὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ σὺν τῇ λύρᾳ εἰσ τὸν Ἕβρον ἐμπεσοῦσαν ἐκβληθῆναι εἰσ τὸν μέλανα κόλπον, καὶ ἐπιπλεῖν γε τὴν κεφαλὴν τῇ λύρᾳ, τὴν μὲν ᾄδουσαν θρῆνόν τινα ἐπὶ τῷ Ὀρφεῖ, ὡσ λόγοσ,^ τὴν λύραν δὲ αὐτὴν ὑπηχεῖν τῶν ἀνέμων ἐμπιπτόντων ταῖσ χορδαῖσ, καὶ οὕτω μετ’ ᾠδῆσ προσενεχθῆναι τῇ Λέσβῳ, κἀκείνουσ ἀνελομένουσ τὴν μὲν κεφαλὴν καταθάψαι ἵναπερ νῦν τὸ Βακχεῖον αὐτοῖσ ἐστι, τὴν λύραν δὲ ἀναθεῖναι εἰσ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ τὸ ἱερόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πολύ γε σώζεσθαι αὐτήν. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 11:2)
  • χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον Νέανθον τὸν τοῦ Πιττακοῦ τοῦ τυράννου ταῦτα ὑπὲρ τῆσ λύρασ πυνθανόμενον, ὡσ ἐκήλει μὲν θηρία καὶ φυτὰ καὶ λίθουσ, ἐμελῴδει δὲ καὶ μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Ὀρφέωσ συμφορὰν μηδενὸσ ἁπτομένου, εἰσ ἔρωτα τοῦ κτήματοσ ἐμπεσεῖν καὶ διαφθείραντα τὸν ἱερέα μεγάλοισ χρήμασι πεῖσαι ὑποθέντα ἑτέραν ὁμοίαν λύραν δοῦναι αὐτῷ τὴν τοῦ Ὀρφέωσ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 11:3)
  • λαβόντα δὲ μεθ’ ἡμέραν μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει χρῆσθαι οὐκ ἀσφαλὲσ οἰέσθαι εἶναι, νύκτωρ δὲ ὑπὸ κόλπου ἔχοντα μόνον προελθεῖν εἰσ τὸ προάστειον καὶ προχειρισάμενον κρούειν καὶ συνταράττειν τὰσ χορδὰσ ἄτεχνον καὶ ἄμουσον νεανίσκον, ἐλπίζοντα μέλη τινὰ θεσπέσια ὑπηχήσειν τὴν λύραν ὑφ’ ὧν πάντασ καταθέλξειν καὶ κηλήσειν, καὶ ὅλωσ μακάριον ἔσεσθαι κληρονομήσαντα τῆσ Ὀρφέωσ μουσικῆσ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:1)
  • οἷσ ἑξῆσ ὁ Κιθαιρὼν καὶ τὰ Θηβαίων καὶ Λαβδακιδῶν πάθη καὶ Κάδμου ἐπιδημία καὶ βοὸσ ὄκλασισ καὶ ὄφεωσ ὀδόντεσ καὶ Σπαρτῶν ἀνάδοσισ καὶ αὖθισ τοῦ Κάδμου εἰσ δράκοντα μεταβολὴ καὶ πρὸσ λύραν τείχισισ καὶ μανία τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ καὶ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ τῆσ Νιόβησ ἡ μεγαλαυχία καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ πένθει σιγὴ καὶ τὰ Πενθέωσ καὶ Ἀκταίωνοσ καὶ τὰ Οἰδίποδοσ καὶ Ἡρακλῆσ σὺν τοῖσ ἄθλοισ αὐτοῦ ἅπασιν καὶ ἡ τῶν παίδων σφαγή. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 41:2)

Synonyms

  1. lyre

  2. lyric poetry and music

  3. the constellation Lyra

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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