lyre
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. λύρα, ἡ (Plato and Eur., Alcibiades 430), χέλυς, ἡ (Aesch., Fragment).
little lyre: Ar. λύριον, τό.
harp: P. and V. κιθάρα, ἡ (Eur., Cyclops 444), Ar. φόρμιγξ, ἡ, Ar. and V. βάρβιτος, ὁ, or ἡ (Eur., Alcibiades 345, and Cycl. 40); see harp.
maker of lyres: P. λυροποιός, ὁ.
making of lyres: P. λυροποιική, ἡ.
