lyre

«lyre» in Mova's school dictionary: An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (lyres)

meaning for a pupil

An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp, with a U-shaped frame; it was played in ancient Greece. tree →

sense in the lessons

in myths, a god, hero or muse plays it while singing or dancing; in stories, a musician's instrument

examples

• In sculpture Amphion is always represented with a lyre; Zethus with a club. tree →
• Terpsichore, the muse of Dance, is shown playing on a seven-stringed lyre. tree →
• Here the warrior found his horses, and the musician his lyre. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lyre» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.