λιγύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[λίγεια]] (not [[λιγεῖα]], Hdn.Gr.1.249), [[λιγύ]]; of sound, <span class="sense"><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>; [[λιγύ]] or λιγέα κλάζειν <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.24</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1299</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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>, [[varia lectio|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>