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ὑπολύριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπολύριος ὑπολύριον

Structure: ὑπολυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lu/ra

Sense

  1. under the lyre;, a reed to which the lower ends of the strings were attached

Examples

  • προσεπιτέρπεται δ’ ὁ φορμικτὰσ Ἀπόλλων, ἕνεκα δόνακοσ, ὃν ὑπολύριον ἔνυδρον ἐν λίμναισ τρέφω. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue, trochees 1:6)

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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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