Lydian
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.di.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪdiən
- Hyphenation: Ly‧di‧an
Noun
Lydian (plural Lydians)
- A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
Translations
native or inhabitant of Lydia
Proper noun
Lydian
- An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.
Translations
language
Adjective
Lydian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
- (music) Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide
Her looser notes with Lydian harmony […]
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to Lydia