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λυρικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυρικός λυρική λυρικόν

Structure: λυρικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or for the lyre, lyric
  2. a lyrist

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λυρικός λυρική λυρικόν
Genitive λυρικοῦ λυρικῆς λυρικοῦ
Dative λυρικῷ λυρικῇ λυρικῷ
Accusative λυρικόν λυρικήν λυρικόν
Vocative λυρικέ λυρική λυρικόν
DualN/A/V λυρικώ λυρικᾱ́ λυρικώ
G/D λυρικοῖν λυρικαῖν λυρικοῖν
PluralNominative λυρικοί λυρικαί λυρικά
Genitive λυρικῶν λυρικῶν λυρικῶν
Dative λυρικοῖς λυρικαῖς λυρικοῖς
Accusative λυρικούς λυρικᾱ́ς λυρικά
Vocative λυρικοί λυρικαί λυρικά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λυρικός λυρικοῦ λυρικώτερος λυρικωτεροῦ λυρικώτατος λυρικωτατοῦ
Adverb λυρικώς λυρικώτερον λυρικώτατα

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

  • μιαρὸν τὸ φῦλον, ὑποκριταὶ φιλίασ, ἄγευστοι παρρησίασ, πλουσίων μὲν κόλακεσ πενήτων δ’ ὑπερόπται, ὡσ ἐκ λυρικῆσ τέχνησ ἐπὶ τοὺσ· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 17 13:1)
  • τρεῖσ δ’ εἰσὶ τῆσ σκηνικῆσ ποιήσεωσ ὀρχήσεισ, τραγική, κωμική, σατυρική, ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ τῆσ λυρικῆσ ποιήσεωσ τρεῖσ, πυρρίχη, γυμνοπαιδική, ὑπορχηματική. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 28 2:7)
  • ἀρχὴν οἳ λυρικῆσ καὶ πέρασ ἐστάσατε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 184 2:1)
  • ἢν δέ με Μουσάων ἐτάσῃσ χάριν, ὧν ἀφ’ ἑκάστησ δαίμονοσ ἄνθοσ ἐμῇ θῆκα παρ’ ἐννεάδι, γνώσεαι ὡσ Αἴδεω σκότον ἔκφυγον οὐδέ τισ ἔσται τῆσ λυρικῆσ Σαπφοῦσ νώνυμοσ ἠέλιοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 17 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for the lyre

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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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