λιγυρός
νήπιοι, οἷς ταύτῃ κεῖται νόος, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὡς χρόνος ἔσθ᾿ ἥβης καὶ βιότου ὀλίγος θνητοῖς. ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα μαθὼν βιότου ποτὶ τέρμα ψυχῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τλῆθι χαριζόμενος → fools, to think like that and not realise that mortals' time for youth and life is brief: you must take note of this, and since you are near the end of your life endure, indulging yourself with good things | Poor fools they to think so and not to know that the time of youth and life is but short for such as be mortal! Wherefore be thou wise in time, and fail not when the end is near to give thy soul freely of the best.
English (LSJ)
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. HA616b31, cf. Aud.804a29 (Comp.): also in later Prose, Plu.2.974a, Luc.Salt.72, Phal.1.11, etc. 2 metaph., συμβιῶναι . . ἥδιστος καὶ -ώτατος Isoc.Ep.4.4. II pliant, flexible, of dogs' tails, X.Cyn. 4.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 43] hell, laut tönend, vom durchdringenden, scharfen Ton, vom sausenden, pfeifenden Winde, ὦρτο δὲ κῦμα πνοιῇ ὑπὸ λιγυρῇ, Il. 23, 215, vgl. 5, 526. 13, 590; von der sausenden Peitsche, 11, 532, wie Soph. Ai. 242; von der Stimme der Sirenen, Od. 12, 44. 183, vom hellen Gesange eines Vogels, Il. 14, 290; ἀοιδή, Hes. O. 657 (wie Theocr. 15, 135); σύριγγες, Sc. 278; ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς, Pind. Ol. 6, 82; sp. D., οἴμη, μέλος, Anacr. 32, 14. 59, 6. Auch in Prosa, τὸ εὔπνουν τοῦ τόπου θερινὸν καὶ λιγυρὸν ὑπηχεῖ τῷ τῶν τεττίγων χορῷ, Plat. Phaedr. 230 c, schwirrend; λιγυρὰν φωνὴν ἔχει Arist. H. A. 9, 17; Sp., wie μέλη λιγυρώτατα Luc. Phalar. 1, 11; λιγυρὸν καὶ θρηνῶδες, von der chromatischen Tonleiter, S. Emp. adv. mus. 50. – Uebh. angenehm, reizend, Xen. Cyn. 4, 1 u. Sp. – Adv., λιγυρῶς ἀείδειν, Theocr. 8, 71, Luc. D. Mar. 8, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῐγῠρός: -ά, -όν, Αἰολ. θηλ. λιγούρα, ὃ ἴδε˙ - ὡς τὸ λιγύς, καθαρός, εὐκρινής, συρίζων, ὀξύς, ἰσχυρός, ὦρτο δὲ κῦμα πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ Ἰλ. Ψ. 215, πρβλ. Ε. 526., Ν. 590˙ ἐπὶ μάστιγος, Λ. 532, πρβλ. Σοφ. Αἴ. 242˙ λ. ἀκόνα (ἴδε ἐν λέξ. ἀκόνη)˙ λιγυρὰ ἄχεα, θλίψεις ἐκδηλούμεναι δι’ ὀξυφώνων θρήνων, Εὐρ. Μήδ. 205˙ - ὡσαύτως ὡς τὸ λιγύς, ἐπὶ ἤχου καθαροῦ, εὐκρινοῦς καὶ ἡδέος ὡς τοῦ τῶν Σειρήνων, λιγυρῇ θέλγουσιν ἀοιδῇ Ὀδ. Μ. 44˙ λιγυρὴν ἔντυνον ἀοιδὴν αὐτόθι 183˙ ἐπὶ πτηνοῦ, Ἰλ. Ξ. 290˙ ἐπὶ ἀκρίδων, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 581˙ λ. σύριγγες ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀσπ. Ἡρακλ. 278˙ - μεταφορ., ἐπὶ ποιητῶν, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 657, Θεόκρ. 15. 135, κτλ.˙ - οὐδέτερ. πληθ. ὡς ἐπίρρ., λιγυρὰ ἀείδειν Θεόγν. 939˙ οὕτω, λιγυρῶς Θεόκρ. 8. 71˙ - ποιητ. λέξ., ἔσθ’ ὅτε ἐν χρήσει καὶ παρὰ τοῖς πεζολόγοις, λιγυρὸν ὑπηχεῖ, ἠχεῖ καθαρά, εὐκρινῶς, Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 230C˙ φωνὴ λ., ἀντίθετον τῷ λαμπρά, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 17, 2, πρβλ. π. Ἀκουστ. 65, 66˙ καὶ συχν. παρὰ Πλουτ., Λουκ., κλ.˙ - μεταφορ., συμβιῶναι... ἥδιστος καὶ λιγυρώτατος Ἰσοκρ. 414Α. ΙΙ. μαλακός, εὔκαμπτος, ἐπὶ τῆς οὐρᾶς τῶν κυνῶν, Ξεν. Κυν. 4, 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ά, όν :
1 qui rend un son aigu ou sifflant;
2 qui rend un son clair ou mélodieux;
Cp. λιγυρώτερος, Sp. λιγυρώτατος.
Étymologie: λιγύς.
