(adj.Subst.) : lyrĭcus, a, um, adj.lyra
* Of or belonging to the lute or lyre, lyric: lyrici soni,Ov. F. 2, 94: vates,Hor. C. 1, 1, 35: senex,i. e. Anacreon,Ov. Tr. 2, 364: regnator lyricae cohortis,i. e. Pindar,Stat. S. 4, 7, 5.— Subst.
* Lyrĭca, ōrum, n., lyric poems, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 3; 3, 1, 7.
* Lyrĭcus, i, m., = λυρικο:ς, a lyric poet, Sid. Ep. 4, 1: Bacchylides,Amm. 25, 4, 3.—Usually plur.: lyrĭci, ōrum, m., lyric poets, Quint. 9, 4, 53; 1, 8, 6; 8, 6, 71; 10, 1, 96; 61 (in Cic. Or. 55, written in Gr. letters, λυρικοί).

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