λυρικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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 lŭrĭkós	λῠρῐκή lŭrĭkḗ	λῠρῐκόν lŭrĭkón	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκᾱ́ lŭrĭkā́	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκοί lŭrĭkoí	λῠρῐκαί lŭrĭkaí	λῠρῐκᾰ́ lŭrĭkắ
Genitive	λῠρῐκοῦ lŭrĭkoû	λῠρῐκῆς lŭrĭkês	λῠρῐκοῦ lŭrĭkoû	λῠρῐκοῖν lŭrĭkoîn	λῠρῐκαῖν lŭrĭkaîn	λῠρῐκοῖν lŭrĭkoîn	λῠρῐκῶν lŭrĭkôn	λῠρῐκῶν lŭrĭkôn	λῠρῐκῶν lŭrĭkôn
Dative	λῠρῐκῷ lŭrĭkōî	λῠρῐκῇ lŭrĭkēî	λῠρῐκῷ lŭrĭkōî	λῠρῐκοῖν lŭrĭkoîn	λῠρῐκαῖν lŭrĭkaîn	λῠρῐκοῖν lŭrĭkoîn	λῠρῐκοῖς lŭrĭkoîs	λῠρῐκαῖς lŭrĭkaîs	λῠρῐκοῖς lŭrĭkoîs
Accusative	λῠρῐκόν lŭrĭkón	λῠρῐκήν lŭrĭkḗn	λῠρῐκόν lŭrĭkón	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκᾱ́ lŭrĭkā́	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκούς lŭrĭkoús	λῠρῐκᾱ́ς lŭrĭkā́s	λῠρῐκᾰ́ lŭrĭkắ
Vocative	λῠρῐκέ lŭrĭké	λῠρῐκή lŭrĭkḗ	λῠρῐκόν lŭrĭkón	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκᾱ́ lŭrĭkā́	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκοί lŭrĭkoí	λῠρῐκαί lŭrĭkaí	λῠρῐκᾰ́ lŭrĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λῠρῐκῶς lŭrĭkôs			λῠρῐκώτερος lŭrĭkṓteros			λῠρῐκώτᾰτος lŭrĭkṓtătos
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 • (lŭrĭkós) m (genitive λῠρῐκοῦ); second declension

(music) lyrist
(poetry) lyric poet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῠρῐκός; τοῦ λῠρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῠρῐκός ho lŭrĭkós	τὼ λῠρῐκώ tṑ lŭrĭkṓ	οἱ λῠρῐκοί hoi lŭrĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ λῠρῐκοῦ toû lŭrĭkoû	τοῖν λῠρῐκοῖν toîn lŭrĭkoîn	τῶν λῠρῐκῶν tôn lŭrĭkôn
Dative	τῷ λῠρῐκῷ tōî lŭrĭkōî	τοῖν λῠρῐκοῖν toîn lŭrĭkoîn	τοῖς λῠρῐκοῖς toîs lŭrĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν λῠρῐκόν tòn lŭrĭkón	τὼ λῠρῐκώ tṑ lŭrĭkṓ	τοὺς λῠρῐκούς toùs lŭrĭkoús
Vocative	λῠρῐκέ lŭrĭké	λῠρῐκώ lŭrĭkṓ	λῠρῐκοί lŭrĭkoí
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