lyricus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Descendants

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

Noun

lyricus m (genitive lyricī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) lyric poet

Declension

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

  • “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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