lyristes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λυριστής (luristḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lyˈris.teːs/, [lʲʏˈrɪs̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈris.tes/, [liˈrist̪es]

Noun

lyristēs m (genitive lyristae); first declension

1. lute-player, lyrist

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	lyristēs	lyristae
genitive	lyristae	lyristārum
dative	lyristae	lyristīs
accusative	lyristēn	lyristās
ablative	lyristē	lyristīs
vocative	lyristē	lyristae

Related terms

• lyra

Descendants

• Italian: lirista

References

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