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lyra (noun F) = λύρα:
* A lute, lyre, a stringed instrument resembling the cithara, fabled to have been invented by Mercury and presented to Apollo, Hyg. Astr. 2, 7: curvae lyrae parens,Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: Threiciam digitis increpuisse lyram,Ov. H. 3, 118: mox cecinit laudes prosperiore lyrā,id. A. A. 3, 50; Val. Fl. 5, 100.
* Transf.
* Lyric poetry, song: imbellis,Hor. C. 1, 6, 10: Aeoliae Lesbis amica lyrae,Ov. Am. 2, 18, 26; id. P. 3, 3, 45.
* In gen., poetic genius: Inferior lyra,Stat. Th. 10, 445.
* Lyra, the constellation, the Lyre: exoriente Lyra,Ov. F. 1, 315; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 6; Varr. R. R. 2, 5.
* A lute, lyre, a stringed instrument resembling the cithara, fabled to have been invented by Mercury and presented to Apollo, Hyg. Astr. 2, 7: curvae lyrae parens,Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: Threiciam digitis increpuisse lyram,Ov. H. 3, 118: mox cecinit laudes prosperiore lyrā,id. A. A. 3, 50; Val. Fl. 5, 100.
* Transf.
* Lyric poetry, song: imbellis,Hor. C. 1, 6, 10: Aeoliae Lesbis amica lyrae,Ov. Am. 2, 18, 26; id. P. 3, 3, 45.
* In gen., poetic genius: Inferior lyra,Stat. Th. 10, 445.
* Lyra, the constellation, the Lyre: exoriente Lyra,Ov. F. 1, 315; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 6; Varr. R. R. 2, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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