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 • (luristḗs) 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 luristḗs	τὼ λῠρῐστᾱ́ tṑ luristā́	οἱ λῠρῐσταί hoi luristaí
Genitive	τοῦ λῠρῐστοῦ toû luristoû	τοῖν λῠρῐσταῖν toîn luristaîn	τῶν λῠρῐστῶν tôn luristôn
Dative	τῷ λῠρῐστῇ tôi luristêi	τοῖν λῠρῐσταῖν toîn luristaîn	τοῖς λῠρῐσταῖς toîs luristaîs
Accusative	τὸν λῠρῐστήν tòn luristḗn	τὼ λῠρῐστᾱ́ tṑ luristā́	τοὺς λῠρῐστᾱ́ς toùs luristā́s
Vocative	λῠρῐστᾰ́ luristá	λῠρῐστᾱ́ luristā́	λῠρῐσταί luristaí
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