lyra

See also: Lyra and lýra

English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyra

1. (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
   • 1840, Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine: Volume 1 (page 295)

     The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.

Etymology 2

Noun

lyra (plural lyras)

1. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

Anagrams

• Lary, RYLA, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, lyar, ryal, yarl

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Czech

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lyra (“a lyre, a lyric”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “a lyre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪra/
• Rhymes: -ɪra
• Hyphenation: ly‧ra
• Homophone: lira

Noun

lyra f

1. lyre (ancient musical instrument) [19th c.]

Related terms

• lyrický
• lyrik
• lyrika

Anagrams

• ryla

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “lyre”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ra/, [ˈlʲʏrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ra/, [ˈliːrä]

Noun

lyra f (genitive lyrae); first declension

1. (music) lyre, lute

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lyra	lyrae
Genitive	lyrae	lyrārum
Dative	lyrae	lyrīs
Accusative	lyram	lyrās
Ablative	lyrā	lyrīs
Vocative	lyra	lyrae

Derived terms

• lyricen
• lyricus
• lyristēs

Descendants

• English: Lyra
• Spanish: lira

References

• “lyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lyra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lyra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Swedish

lyra

Noun

lyra c

1. a lyre (a stringed musical instrument)
2. a European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

   Synonyms: lyrtorsk, (regional) bleksej, bleka

3. (brännboll) a catch without the ball having touched the ground

Declension

Declension of lyra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lyra	lyran	lyror	lyrorna
Genitive	lyras	lyrans	lyrors	lyrornas

Derived terms

a catch in brännboll

• enhandslyra

Anagrams

• ylar