"λύρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λύρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lý.raː/, /ˈly.ra/, /ˈli.ra/, /lý.raː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈly.ra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈly.ra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈly.ra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈli.ra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: A Mediterranean Pre-Greek substrate technical loan. Indo-European etymologies should be rejected. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{der|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῠ́ρᾱς|f|first|head=λῠ́ρᾱ}} λῠ́ρᾱ • (lúrā) f (genitive λῠ́ρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῠ́ρᾱ|λῠ́ρᾱς}} Forms: λῠ́ρᾱ [canonical], lúrā [romanization], λῠ́ρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ λῠ́ρᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ λῠ́ρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ λῠ́ραι [nominative, plural], τῆς λῠ́ρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν λῠ́ραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λῠρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ λῠ́ρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν λῠ́ραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λῠ́ραις [dative, plural], τὴν λῠ́ρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ λῠ́ρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λῠ́ρᾱς [accusative, plural], λῠ́ρᾱ [singular, vocative], λῠ́ρᾱ [dual, vocative], λῠ́ραι [plural, vocative]
  1. lyre, string instrument with a sounding board formed of a shell of a tortoise Categories (topical): Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-λύρα-grc-noun-Jp5FEP51 Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 33 7 27 33 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 15 30 29
  2. lyric poetry and music
    Sense id: en-λύρα-grc-noun-qLlCD26U Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 15 30 29
  3. (astronomy) Lyra, a constellation Categories (topical): Constellations, Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-λύρα-grc-noun-nJVUKw8Q Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 33 7 27 33 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 15 30 29 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) Categories (topical): Musical instruments Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-λύρα-grc-noun--yteDnJu Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 33 7 27 33 Disambiguation of Fish: 26 3 11 59 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 29 8 20 43 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 15 30 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 3 12 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 10 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: λύρη (lúrē) [Ionic]
Derived forms: ἀντίλυρος (antíluros), λυρίζω (lurízō), λυρικός (lurikós), λύριον (lúrion), λυρισμός (lurismós), λυριστής (luristḗs), λυρογηθής (lurogēthḗs), λυρόδμητος (luródmētos), λυρόεις (luróeis), λυροεργός (luroergós), λυροθελγής (lurothelgḗs), λυρόκτυπος (luróktupos), λυροποιός (luropoiós), λυροφοῖνιξ (lurophoînix), λυρώδης (lurṓdēs), λυρῳδός (lurōidós), λυρωνία (lurōnía)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "antíluros",
      "word": "ἀντίλυρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurízō",
      "word": "λυρίζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurikós",
      "word": "λυρικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lúrion",
      "word": "λύριον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "λυρισμός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luristḗs",
      "word": "λυριστής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurogēthḗs",
      "word": "λυρογηθής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luródmētos",
      "word": "λυρόδμητος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luróeis",
      "word": "λυρόεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luroergós",
      "word": "λυροεργός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurothelgḗs",
      "word": "λυροθελγής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luróktupos",
      "word": "λυρόκτυπος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luropoiós",
      "word": "λυροποιός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurophoînix",
      "word": "λυροφοῖνιξ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurṓdēs",
      "word": "λυρώδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lurōidós",
      "word": "λυρῳδός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lyre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lyre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lyre"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λύρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λύρα (lýra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λύρα (lýra)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lyra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: lyra",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: lyra (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "līra",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: līra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: līra"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Leier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Leier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Leier"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "qfa-sub",
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  "etymology_text": "A Mediterranean Pre-Greek substrate technical loan. Indo-European etymologies should be rejected.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúrā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "hē lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λῠ́ραι",
      "roman": "hai lúrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λῠ́ρᾱς",
      "roman": "tês lúrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῠ́ραιν",
      "roman": "toîn lúrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λῠρῶν",
      "roman": "tôn lurôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λῠ́ρᾳ",
      "roman": "têi lúrāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῠ́ραιν",
      "roman": "toîn lúrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λῠ́ραις",
      "roman": "taîs lúrais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λῠ́ρᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn lúrān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λῠ́ρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s lúrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ραι",
      "roman": "lúrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́ρᾱς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "λῠ́ρᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "λῠ́ρᾱ • (lúrā) f (genitive λῠ́ρᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
        "2": "λῠ́ρᾱς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 15 30 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 7 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
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          "orig": "grc:Musical instruments",
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            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyre, string instrument with a sounding board formed of a shell of a tortoise"
      ],
      "id": "en-λύρα-grc-noun-Jp5FEP51",
      "links": [
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ],
        [
          "string instrument",
          "string instrument"
        ],
        [
          "sounding board",
          "sounding board"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ],
        [
          "tortoise",
          "tortoise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 15 30 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyric poetry and music"
      ],
      "id": "en-λύρα-grc-noun-qLlCD26U",
      "links": [
        [
          "lyric poetry",
          "lyric poetry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Constellations",
          "orig": "grc:Constellations",
          "parents": [
            "Astronomy",
            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 15 30 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 7 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Musical instruments",
          "orig": "grc:Musical instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "id": "en-λύρα-grc-noun-nJVUKw8Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Lyra",
          "Lyra"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 8 20 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 15 30 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 3 12 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 2 10 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 3 11 59",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "grc:Fish",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 7 27 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Musical instruments",
          "orig": "grc:Musical instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piper gurnard (Trigla lyra)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λύρα-grc-noun--yteDnJu",
      "links": [
        [
          "piper gurnard",
          "piper gurnard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.raː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.raː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.ra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lúrē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "λύρη"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λύρα"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Fish",
    "grc:Musical instruments"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "antíluros",
      "word": "ἀντίλυρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurízō",
      "word": "λυρίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurikós",
      "word": "λυρικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lúrion",
      "word": "λύριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurismós",
      "word": "λυρισμός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luristḗs",
      "word": "λυριστής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurogēthḗs",
      "word": "λυρογηθής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luródmētos",
      "word": "λυρόδμητος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luróeis",
      "word": "λυρόεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luroergós",
      "word": "λυροεργός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurothelgḗs",
      "word": "λυροθελγής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luróktupos",
      "word": "λυρόκτυπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luropoiós",
      "word": "λυροποιός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurophoînix",
      "word": "λυροφοῖνιξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurṓdēs",
      "word": "λυρώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurōidós",
      "word": "λυρῳδός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lurōnía",
      "word": "λυρωνία"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lyre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lyre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lyre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λύρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λύρα (lýra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λύρα (lýra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lyra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: lyra",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: lyra (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "līra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: līra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: līra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Leier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Leier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Leier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A Mediterranean Pre-Greek substrate technical loan. Indo-European etymologies should be rejected.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúrā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "hē lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λῠ́ραι",
      "roman": "hai lúrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λῠ́ρᾱς",
      "roman": "tês lúrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῠ́ραιν",
      "roman": "toîn lúrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λῠρῶν",
      "roman": "tôn lurôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λῠ́ρᾳ",
      "roman": "têi lúrāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῠ́ραιν",
      "roman": "toîn lúrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λῠ́ραις",
      "roman": "taîs lúrais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λῠ́ρᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn lúrān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λῠ́ρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s lúrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
      "roman": "lúrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́ραι",
      "roman": "lúrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́ρᾱς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "λῠ́ρᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "λῠ́ρᾱ • (lúrā) f (genitive λῠ́ρᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́ρᾱ",
        "2": "λῠ́ρᾱς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lyre, string instrument with a sounding board formed of a shell of a tortoise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ],
        [
          "string instrument",
          "string instrument"
        ],
        [
          "sounding board",
          "sounding board"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ],
        [
          "tortoise",
          "tortoise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lyric poetry and music"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lyric poetry",
          "lyric poetry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Constellations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Lyra",
          "Lyra"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piper gurnard (Trigla lyra)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piper gurnard",
          "piper gurnard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.raː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.raː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.ra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.ra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "lúrē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "λύρη"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λύρα"
}

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