lyricus

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εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lyrĭcus: a, um, adj. lyra,
I of or belonging to the lute or lyre, lyric: lyrici soni, Ov. F. 2, 94: vates, Hor. C. 1, 1, 35: senex, i. e. Anacreon, Ov. Tr. 2, 364: regnator lyricae cohortis, i. e. Pindar, Stat. S. 4, 7, 5.— Subst.
   A lyrĭca, ōrum, n., lyric poems, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 3; 3, 1, 7.—
   B lyrĭcus, i, m., = λυρικο·ς, a lyric poet, Sid. Ep. 4, 1: Bacchylides, Amm. 25, 4, 3.—Usually plur.: lyrĭci, ōrum, m., lyric poets, Quint. 9, 4, 53; 1, 8, 6; 8, 6, 71; 10, 1, 96; 61 (in Cic. Or. 55, written in Gr. letters, λυρικοί).