λιγύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">λίγεια</b> (not <b class="b3">λιγεῖα</b>, Hdn.Gr.1.249), <b class="b3">λιγύ</b>; of sound, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[clear]], [[shrill]], λιγέων ἀνέμων λαιψηρὰ κέλευθα <span class="bibl">Il.14.17</span>; ὦρτο δ' ἐπὶ λ. οὖρος <span class="bibl">Od. 3.176</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.357</span>: more freq. of a [[clear]], [[sweet]] sound, [[clear-toned]], <b class="b3">φόρμιγγι λιγείῃ, φόρμιγγα λίγειαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.186</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.67</span>, etc.; of articulate sounds, [[clear-voiced]], Μοῦσα λίγεια <span class="bibl">24.62</span>, <span class="bibl">Alcm.1</span>; λ. Σειρήν <span class="bibl">Id.7</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἀγορητής</b> in Il. as epith. of <span class="bibl">Nestor, 1.248</span>, <span class="bibl">4.293</span>; also of Thersites, <span class="bibl">2.246</span>; ἐπέων οἶμος λ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.72</span>. Adv. λιγέως, ἀγορεύειν <span class="bibl">Il.3.214</span>: freq. also, <b class="b3">λ. κλαίειν</b> wail [[shrilly]], <span class="bibl">19.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.391</span>; ἰάχειν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span> 233</span>: neut. as Adv., λ. πνείοντες ἀῆται <span class="bibl">Od.4.567</span>; λ. μέλπεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Sc.</span>206</span>; <b class="b3">λιγύ</b> or λιγέα κλάζειν <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.24</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1299</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after Hes., mostly of sad sounds, as always in A., λ. κωκύματα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>332</span>; <b class="b3">κἀνακωκύσας λιγύ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">468</span>; λ. πάθεα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>113</span> (lyr.); of the nightingale, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1146</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>671</span> (lyr.); also of music, λίγεια λωτοῦ χάρις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>892</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">αὐλοῦ λ. ἦχον</b>, v.l. for [[γλυκὺν]] in <span class="bibl">Mosch. 2.98</span>.—Poet. word (Μοῦσαι λίγειαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>237a</span>).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">clear, sweet-toned, shrill</b>,<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">λίγεια</b> (on the acc. Schwyzer 474, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 191), <b class="b3">λιγύ</b><br />Compounds: often as 1. member, e.g. <b class="b3">λιγύ-φωνος</b> [[with clear voice]]; adv. <b class="b3">λίγα</b>, <b class="b3">λιγέως</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: With lengthened suffix <b class="b3">λιγυ-ρός</b> (from <b class="b3">-υ-λός</b> with dissimil.; Leumann Glotta 32, 223 n. 1 = Kl. Schr. 249 A. 1) <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.). Denomin. verb <b class="b3">λιγαίνω</b> <b class="b2">cry shrill, sound, sing (of)</b> (Il.; Fraenkel Denom. 22) with <b class="b3">λιγάνταρ</b> (= <b class="b3">λιγαντήρ</b>) <b class="b3">εἶδος τέττιγος</b>. <b class="b3">Λάκωνες</b> H. (Strömberg Wortstud. 18). An old (expressive) nasalformation is the aor. <b class="b3">λίγξε</b> [[whizzed]] (<b class="b3">βιός Δ</b> 125; Schwyzer 692); cf. <b class="b3">λίγγω ἠχῶ</b> (Theognost. Can. 16).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. Untenable or quite doubtful hypotheses noted in Bq. .