lyristes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λυριστής (luristḗs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lyˈrɪs.teːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈris.t̪es]

Noun

lyristēs m (genitive lyristae); first declension

lute-player, lyrist

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	lyristēs	lyristae
genitive	lyristae	lyristārum
dative	lyristae	lyristīs
accusative	lyristēn	lyristās
ablative	lyristē	lyristīs
vocative	lyristē	lyristae

Related terms

Descendants

>? English: lyrist
Italian: lirista
→ Translingual: Lyristes

References

“lyristes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
lyristes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.