λυριστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λύρα (lúra, “lyre”) +‎ -ιστής (-istḗs, “-ist”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.ris.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ly.risˈtis/ → /li.risˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.ris.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.risˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.risˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.risˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.risˈtis/

Noun

λῠρῐστής • (lŭrĭstḗs) m (genitive λῠρῐστοῦ); first declension

1. (music) lyrist

Inflection

First declension of ὁ λῠρῐστής; τοῦ λῠρῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῠρῐστής ho lŭrĭstḗs	τὼ λῠρῐστᾱ́ tṑ lŭrĭstā́	οἱ λῠρῐσταί hoi lŭrĭstaí
Genitive	τοῦ λῠρῐστοῦ toû lŭrĭstoû	τοῖν λῠρῐσταῖν toîn lŭrĭstaîn	τῶν λῠρῐστῶν tôn lŭrĭstôn
Dative	τῷ λῠρῐστῇ tôi lŭrĭstêi	τοῖν λῠρῐσταῖν toîn lŭrĭstaîn	τοῖς λῠρῐσταῖς toîs lŭrĭstaîs
Accusative	τὸν λῠρῐστήν tòn lŭrĭstḗn	τὼ λῠρῐστᾱ́ tṑ lŭrĭstā́	τοὺς λῠρῐστᾱ́ς toùs lŭrĭstā́s
Vocative	λῠρῐστᾰ́ lŭrĭstắ	λῠρῐστᾱ́ lŭrĭstā́	λῠρῐσταί lŭrĭstaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λύρα (lúra)
• λυρικός (lurikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: lyristēs

References

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