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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>līra</b>: ae, f. perh. fr. lisa; O. H. Germ. Leisa; Germ. Geleise, a [[track]] or [[rut]]; cf. [[delirus]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[earth]] thrown up [[between]] [[two]] furrows, a [[ridge]]: liras rustici vocant easdem porcas, cum sic aratum est, ut [[inter]] duos latius distantes sulcos [[medius]] [[cumulus]] siccam sedem frumentis praebeat, Col. 2, 4, 8: patentes liras facere, id. 2, 8, 3: proscissa [[lira]], id. 2, 10; cf. id. 11, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[furrow]], acc. to Non. 17, 32; cf. [[lira]], [[αὖλαξ]], Gloss. Philox.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>līra</b>, æ, f., billon, ados, sillon [t. d’agriculture] : Col. Rust. 2, 4, 8 ; 2, 8, 3 ; Non. 17, 32.
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{{Georges
|georg=līra, ae, f., I) die [[zwischen]] [[zwei]] Furchen aufgeworfene [[Erde]], das Ackerbeet, Colum. 2, 4, 8 u. ö. – II) die [[Vertiefung]] durchs Pflügen, die [[Furche]], Colum. 2, 8, 3. – arch. lēra, Non. 17, 32; vgl. Ribbeck zu Pompon. com. 158.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=lira, ae. f. :: [[田池]]。[[畦]]。[[田井]]。[[園溪]]
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