lyricus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λυρικός (lurikós, “of or pertaining to the lyre”).
Equivalent to lyra +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lyricus (feminine lyrica, neuter lyricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the lute.
  2. lyric (of or pertaining to the lyre)

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lyricus lyrica lyricum lyricī lyricae lyrica
Genitive lyricī lyricae lyricī lyricōrum lyricārum lyricōrum
Dative lyricō lyricō lyricīs
Accusative lyricum lyricam lyricum lyricōs lyricās lyrica
Ablative lyricō lyricā lyricō lyricīs
Vocative lyrice lyrica lyricum lyricī lyricae lyrica

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: lyric
  • French: lyrique
  • Italian: lirico
  • Piedmontese: lìrich
  • Portuguese: lírico
  • Spanish: lírico

Noun[edit]

lyricus m (genitive lyricī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) lyric poet

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lyricus lyricī
Genitive lyricī lyricōrum
Dative lyricō lyricīs
Accusative lyricum lyricōs
Ablative lyricō lyricīs
Vocative lyrice lyricī

References[edit]

  • “lyricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lyricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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