λύρα[ῠ],ἡ ,
A. lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise (not in Il. or Od. ), h.Merc. 423 , Margites 1 , Pi. O. 10(11).93 , N. 10.21 , etc.; κέλαδος ἑπτατόνου λύρας
E. IT 1129
(lyr.);τὸν ἄνευ λύρας θρῆνον(since the dirge was accompanied by the flute) A. Ag. 990 (lyr.);λ. καὶ κιθάρα(q. v.) Pl. R. 399d , cf. Aristid.
Quint. 2.16 : prov.ὄνος λύρας(sc.ἀκούων), v. ὄνος; ἀνὴρ δὲ φεύγων οὐ μένει λύρας κτύπον
Ar. Fr. 11
D.
II. lyric poetryandmusic, Pl. Lg. 809c , 809e .
III. the constellationLyra, Anacr. 99 , Arat. 269 ;Μουσῶν λ., of the Pleiades, Pythag. ap. Arist. Fr. 196 .
IV. a sea-fish, perh.Trigla lyra, Arist. HA 535b17 .