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λύρα

lyra

lyre

Appears 35 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λύρα [ῠ], ἡ, A. lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise (not in Il. or Od.), h.Merc. 423, Margites 1, Pi. O. 10(11).93, N. 10.21, etc.; κέλαδος ἑπτατόνου λύρας E. IT 1129 (lyr.); τὸν ἄνευ λύρας θρῆνον (since the dirge was accompanied by the flute) A. Ag. 990 (lyr.); λ. καὶ κιθάρα (q. v.) Pl. R. 399d, cf. Aristid. Quint. 2.16: prov. ὄνος λύρας (sc. ἀκούων), v. ὄνος; ἀνὴρ δὲ φεύγων οὐ μένει λύρας κτύπον Ar. Fr. 11 D. II. lyric poetry and music, Pl. Lg. 809c, 809e. III. the constellation Lyra, Anacr. 99, Arat. 269; Μουσῶν λ., of the Pleiades, Pythag. ap. Arist. Fr. 196. IV. a sea-fish, perh. Trigla lyra, Arist. HA 535b17.
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