λιγυρός: Difference between revisions

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