λιγυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, Boeot. fem. λιγουρά (q.v.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[clear]], [[shrill]], ὦρτο δὲ κῦμα πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ <span class="bibl">Il.23.215</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.526</span>, <span class="bibl">13.590</span>; of a whip, <span class="bibl">11.532</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 242</span> (anap.); [[ἀκόνα]] (v. [[ἀκόνη]]) <b class="b3">; λιγυρὰ ἄχεα</b> griefs [[which vent themselves in shrill wailings]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>205</span> (lyr.); also (like [[λιγύς]]), of a [[clear]], [[sweet]] sound, as of the Sirens, λιγυρῇ θέλγουσιν ἀοιδῇ <span class="bibl">Od.12.44</span>; <b class="b3">λιγυρὴν ἔντυνον ἀοιδήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">183</span>; of a bird, <span class="bibl">Il.14.290</span>; of locusts, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>583</span>; λ. σύριγγες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sc.</span>278</span>: metaph., of poets, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Op.</span>659</span>; ἀοιδά <span class="bibl">Theoc. 15.135</span>, etc.: neut. pl. as Adv., λιγυρὰ ἀείδειν <span class="bibl">Thgn.939</span>: regul. Adv. -ρῶς <span class="bibl">Theoc.8.71</span>.—Poet. word, used occasionally in Prose, <b class="b3">λιγυρὸν ὑπηχεῖ</b> echoes [[shrilly]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>230c</span>; <b class="b3">φωνὴ λ</b>., opp. [[λαμπρά]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>616b31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aud.</span>804a29</span> (Comp.): also in later Prose, Plu.2.974a, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>72</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phal.</span>1.11</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., συμβιῶναι… ἥδιστος καὶ -ώτατος <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>4.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[pliant]], [[flexible]], of dogs' tails, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span> 4.1</span>.</span>