λιγύς
ligys
clear, shrill
Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λιγύς, λίγεια (not λιγεῖα, Hdn.Gr.1.249), λιγύ; of sound, A. clear, shrill, λιγέων ἀνέμων λαιψηρὰ κέλευθα Il. 14.17; ὦρτο δʼ ἐπὶ λ. οὖρος Od. 3.176, cf. 4.357: more freq. of a clear, sweet sound, clear-toned, φόρμιγγι λιγείῃ, φόρμιγγα λίγειαν, Il. 9.186, Od. 8.67, etc.; of articulate sounds, clear-voiced, Μοῦσα λίγεια 24.62, 1; λ. Σειρήν 7; λ. ἀγορητής in Il. as epith. of , 1.248, 4.293; also of Thersites, 2.246; ἐπέων οἶμος λ. O. 9.72. Adv. λιγέως, ἀγορεύειν Il. 3.214: freq. also, λ. κλαίειν wail shrilly, 19.5, Od. 11.391; ἰάχειν Sc. 233: neut. as Adv., λ. πνείοντες ἀῆται Od. 4.567; λ. μέλπεσθαι Sc. 206; λιγύ or λιγέα κλάζειν 4.24, 4.1299. II. after , mostly of sad sounds, as always in , λ. κωκύματα Pers. 332; κἀνακωκύσας λιγύ ib.468; λ. πάθεα Supp. 113 (lyr.); of the nightingale, Ag. 1146 (lyr.), OC 671 (lyr.); also of music, λίγεια λωτοῦ χάρις Heracl. 892 (lyr.); αὐλοῦ λ. ἦχον, v.l. for γλυκὺν in 2.98.—Poet. word (Μοῦσαι λίγειαι Phdr. 237a).
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