λιγύς: Difference between revisions

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