λύρα
ἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφός τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν → one gets his skill from another, now as in days of old
English (LSJ)
[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</ref> 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.HA535b17.
