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λυροκτυπία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυροκτυπία

Structure: λυροκτυπι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from luroktupos

Sense

  1. a striking the lyre

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

  • πρὸσ νόμον ἁμετέρασ τρέψε λυροκτυπίασ, τῷ σε, μάκαρ Λητῷε, τεῷ τέττιγι γεραίρει, χάλκεον ἱδρύσασ ᾠδὸν ὑπὲρ κιθάρασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 54 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a striking the lyre

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

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