λυρικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λύρα (lúra, “lyre”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.ri.kós/ → /ly.riˈkos/ → /li.riˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.ri.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.riˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.riˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.riˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.riˈkos/

Adjective

λῠρῐκός • (lurikós) m (feminine λῠρῐκή, neuter λῠρῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Of or pertaining to the lyre.

Inflection

First and second declension of λῠρῐκός; λῠρῐκή; λῠρῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠρῐκός lurikós	λῠρῐκή lurikḗ	λῠρῐκόν lurikón		λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ	λῠρῐκᾱ́ lurikā́	λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ		λῠρῐκοί lurikoí	λῠρῐκαί lurikaí	λῠρῐκᾰ́ luriká
Genitive		λῠρῐκοῦ lurikoû	λῠρῐκῆς lurikês	λῠρῐκοῦ lurikoû		λῠρῐκοῖν lurikoîn	λῠρῐκαῖν lurikaîn	λῠρῐκοῖν lurikoîn		λῠρῐκῶν lurikôn	λῠρῐκῶν lurikôn	λῠρῐκῶν lurikôn
Dative		λῠρῐκῷ lurikôi	λῠρῐκῇ lurikêi	λῠρῐκῷ lurikôi		λῠρῐκοῖν lurikoîn	λῠρῐκαῖν lurikaîn	λῠρῐκοῖν lurikoîn		λῠρῐκοῖς lurikoîs	λῠρῐκαῖς lurikaîs	λῠρῐκοῖς lurikoîs
Accusative		λῠρῐκόν lurikón	λῠρῐκήν lurikḗn	λῠρῐκόν lurikón		λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ	λῠρῐκᾱ́ lurikā́	λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ		λῠρῐκούς lurikoús	λῠρῐκᾱ́ς lurikā́s	λῠρῐκᾰ́ luriká
Vocative		λῠρῐκέ luriké	λῠρῐκή lurikḗ	λῠρῐκόν lurikón		λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ	λῠρῐκᾱ́ lurikā́	λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ		λῠρῐκοί lurikoí	λῠρῐκαί lurikaí	λῠρῐκᾰ́ luriká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῠρῐκῶς lurikôs				λῠρῐκώτερος lurikṓteros				λῠρῐκώτᾰτος lurikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λύρα (lúra)
• λυριστής (luristḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: lyricus

Noun

λῠρῐκός • (lurikós) m (genitive λῠρῐκοῦ); second declension

1. (music) lyrist
2. (poetry) lyric poet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῠρῐκός; τοῦ λῠρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῠρῐκός ho lurikós	τὼ λῠρῐκώ tṑ lurikṓ	οἱ λῠρῐκοί hoi lurikoí
Genitive	τοῦ λῠρῐκοῦ toû lurikoû	τοῖν λῠρῐκοῖν toîn lurikoîn	τῶν λῠρῐκῶν tôn lurikôn
Dative	τῷ λῠρῐκῷ tôi lurikôi	τοῖν λῠρῐκοῖν toîn lurikoîn	τοῖς λῠρῐκοῖς toîs lurikoîs
Accusative	τὸν λῠρῐκόν tòn lurikón	τὼ λῠρῐκώ tṑ lurikṓ	τοὺς λῠρῐκούς toùs lurikoús
Vocative	λῠρῐκέ luriké	λῠρῐκώ lurikṓ	λῠρῐκοί lurikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “λυρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λυρικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette