λιγυρός
λῐγῠρός,
ά,
όν, Boeot. fem.
λιγουρά (q.v.),
A). clear, shrill,
ὦρτο δὲ κῦμα πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ Il. 23.215 , cf.
5.526 ,
13.590 ; of a whip,
11.532 ,
S. Aj. 242 (anap.);
ἀκόνα (v.
ἀκόνη)
; λιγυρὰ ἄχεα griefs
which vent themselves in shrill wailings,
E. Med. 205 (lyr.); also (like
λιγύς), of a
clear, sweet sound, as of the Sirens,
λιγυρῇ θέλγουσιν ἀοιδῇ Od. 12.44 ;
λιγυρὴν ἔντυνον ἀοιδήν ib.
183 ; of a bird,
Il. 14.290 ; of locusts,
Hes. Op. 583 ;
λ. σύριγγες Id. Sc. 278 : metaph., of poets,
Id. Op. 659 ;
ἀοιδά Theoc. 15.135 , etc.: neut. pl. as Adv.,
λιγυρὰ ἀείδειν Thgn. 939 : regul. Adv.-
ρῶς Theoc. 8.71 .—Poet. word, used occasionally in Prose,
λιγυρὸν ὑπηχεῖ echoes
shrilly,
Pl. Phdr. 230c ;
φωνὴ λ., opp.
λαμπρά,
Arist. HA 616b31 , cf.
Aud. 804a29 ( Comp.): also in later Prose,
Plu. 2.974a ,
Luc. Salt. 72 ,
Phal. 1.11 , etc.
ShortDef
clear, whistling
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
λιγυρός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λιγυρος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-63100
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λῐγῠρός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ά</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, Boeot. fem. <span class="orth greek">λιγουρά</span> (q.v.), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clear, shrill</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὦρτο δὲ κῦμα πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.215/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.215 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.526/canonical-url/"> 5.526 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:590" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.590/canonical-url/"> 13.590 </a>; of a whip, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:532" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.532/canonical-url/"> 11.532 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 242 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">ἀκόνα</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">ἀκόνη</span>)<span class="foreign greek">; λιγυρὰ ἄχεα</span> griefs <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">which vent themselves in shrill wailings</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 205 </a> (lyr.); also (like <span class="foreign greek">λιγύς</span>), of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clear, sweet</span> sound, as of the Sirens, <span class="quote greek">λιγυρῇ θέλγουσιν ἀοιδῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.44 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λιγυρὴν ἔντυνον ἀοιδήν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:183/canonical-url/"> 183 </a>; of a bird, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.290 </a>; of locusts, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 583 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λ. σύριγγες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:278" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:278/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 278 </a> : metaph., of poets, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:659" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:659/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 659 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀοιδά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.135 </a> , etc.: neut. pl. as Adv., <span class="quote greek">λιγυρὰ ἀείδειν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 939 </span> : regul. Adv.- <span class="quote greek">ρῶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 8.71 </a> .—Poet. word, used occasionally in Prose, <span class="foreign greek">λιγυρὸν ὑπηχεῖ</span> echoes <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shrilly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 230c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φωνὴ λ.</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">λαμπρά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:616b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:616b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 616b31 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg004:804a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg004:804a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aud.</span> 804a29 </a> ( Comp.): also in later Prose, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.974a </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Salt.</span> 72 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phal.</span> 1.11 </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="quote greek">συμβιῶναι .. ἥδιστος καὶ -ώτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg029.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg029.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 4.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pliant, flexible</span>, of dogs\' tails, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:4.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 4.1 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}