λυρικός
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the lyre.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek λύρα (lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise, the constellation Lyra, a lyre).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λύρα
Gloss
lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise, the constellation Lyra, a lyre
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lyre English
- Lyra Latin
- lyra Latin
- lyrici Latin
- lyricus Latin
- Lyriker German
- lirico Italian
- lyrique French
- лира Russian
- lírico Spanish, Castilian
- λυριστής Ancient Greek
- λύρα Ancient Greek
- lírico Portuguese
- lira Polish
- liric Irish
- lyrický Czech
- lýra Icelandic
- liro Ido
- lýri Faroese
- lýra Slovak
- ܠܘܪܐ Classical Syriac