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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

Examples

  • ἆρα οὖν ἄξιὸν ἔστι, ταῦτα συγχωροῦντασ ἐπὶ τούτων, ἀπιστεῖν εἰ Ζαλεύκῳ καὶ Μίνῳ καὶ Ζωροάστρῃ καὶ Νομᾷ καὶ Λυκούργῳ βασιλείασ κυβερνῶσι καὶ πολιτείασ διακοσμοῦσιν εἰσ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐφοίτα τὸ δαιμόνιον, ἢ τούτοισ μὲν εἰκὸσ ἔστι καὶ σπουδάζοντασ θεοὺσ ὁμιλεῖν ἐπὶ διδασκαλίᾳ καὶ παραινέσει τῶν βελτίστων, ποιηταῖσ δὲ καὶ λυρικοῖσ μινυρίζουσιν, εἴπερ ρ ἄρα, χρῆσθαι παίζοντασ; (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 4 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for the lyre

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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