λιγυρός
ligyros
clear, shrill
Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λιγυρός, 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, Aj. 242 (anap.); ἀκόνα (v. ἀκόνη) ; λιγυρὰ ἄχεα griefs which vent themselves in shrill wailings, 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, Op. 583; λ. σύριγγες Sc. 278: metaph., of poets, Op. 659; ἀοιδά 15.135, etc.: neut. pl. as Adv., λιγυρὰ ἀείδειν 939: regul. Adv. -ρῶς 8.71.—Poet. word, used occasionally in Prose, λιγυρὸν ὑπηχεῖ echoes shrilly, Phdr. 230c; φωνὴ λ., opp. λαμπρά, HA 616b31, cf. Aud. 804a29 (Comp.): also in later Prose, 2.974a, Salt. 72, Phal. 1.11, etc. 2. metaph., συμβιῶναι . . ἥδιστος καὶ -ώτατος Ep. 4.4. II. pliant, flexible, of dogs’ tails, Cyn. 4.1.
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