lira
δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται → It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
līra: ae, f. perh. fr. lisa; O. H. Germ. Leisa; Germ. Geleise, a track or rut; cf. delirus,
I the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge: liras rustici vocant easdem porcas, cum sic aratum est, ut inter duos latius distantes sulcos medius cumulus siccam sedem frumentis praebeat, Col. 2, 4, 8: patentes liras facere, id. 2, 8, 3: proscissa lira, id. 2, 10; cf. id. 11, 3.—
II Transf., a furrow, acc. to Non. 17, 32; cf. lira, αὖλαξ, Gloss. Philox.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
līra, æ, f., billon, ados, sillon [t. d’agriculture] : Col. Rust. 2, 4, 8 ; 2, 8, 3 ; Non. 17, 32.
Latin > German (Georges)
līra, ae, f., I) die zwischen zwei Furchen aufgeworfene Erde, das Ackerbeet, Colum. 2, 4, 8 u. ö. – II) die Vertiefung durchs Pflügen, die Furche, Colum. 2, 8, 3. – arch. lēra, Non. 17, 32; vgl. Ribbeck zu Pompon. com. 158.
