lyre

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.