English

Proper noun

Lyra

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
2. (rare) A female given name.
   • 2003, Philip Pullman, Lyra's Oxford

     A little parapet ran all the way around the square roof, and Pantalaimon often draped his pine-marten form over the mock-battlements on the corner facing south, and dozed while Lyra sat below with her back against the sun-drenched stone, studying the books she'd brought up with her.

Derived terms

• Lyrae
• Lyrid

Translations

Anagrams

• aryl

English

Noun

lyra

1. (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
   • 1840, Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine: Volume 1 (page 295)

     The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.

Czech

Etymology

From Latin lyra ‎(“a lyre, a lyric”), from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ ‎(lúrā, “a lyre”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪra/
• Rhymes: -ɪra
• Hyphenation: ly‧ra
• Homophone: lira

Noun

lyra f

1. lyre (ancient musical instrument) [19th c.]

Declension

Related terms

• lyrický
• lyrik
• lyrika

Anagrams

• ryla

References

1. ↑ "lyra" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7335-393-3, page 391.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύρα ‎(lúra, “lyre”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ra/, [ˈlʏ.ra]

Noun

lyra f ‎(genitive lyrae); first declension

1. (music) lyre, lute

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• lyricen
• lyricus
• lyristēs

Descendants

• English: Lyra
• Spanish: lira

References

• lyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lyra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lyra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lyra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Swedish

lyra

Noun

lyra c

1. a lyre (a stringed musical instrument)

Declension