lyran.

/ˈlʌɪərə/

Etymology: < Latin lyra, < Greek λύρα.

†1. A lyre. (Occasionally in Italian form lira.) See also Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre

lyrec1275

lyraa1586

shell1747

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) ii. sig. V6 Till she had (taking a Lyra Basilius helde for her) song these Phaleuciakes.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. iii. sig. H3^v Vpon which I compos'd this Ode, and set it to my most affected Instrument the Lyra .

1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 147 Which verses..were vsed to be sung at the tables of great men and Princes, to the sound of the Lyra.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lyre, a Lyra, or Harpe.

1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 42 Lira, or Lyra, or Lyre.

1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 24 in A. Pope Wks. II I have here a small Lyra of my own, fram'd, strung, and tun'd after the ancient manner.

2. Astronomy. (With capital L.) An ancient northern constellation: = harp n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Lyra

harp1556

vulture1639

lyra1658

lyre1868

1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words

1810 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 100 204 My observations on α Lyræ..now amount to 47.

1901 J. F. Hewitt Mythmaking Age i. i. 8 When Vega in the Constellation of the Vulture of Lyra became Pole Star.

†3. Zoology. (With capital L.)

a. A former genus of fishes including the Piper ( Trigla lyra). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla lyra (piper)

piper1585

piper fish1585

sea-hen1611

sea-poult1658

werrell1658

harp-fish1661

lyra1706

lyre-fish1884

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lyra,..Also the Rochet, a Sea-fish, call'd in Cornwall the red Gournard.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 48 The Lyra or gurnard [was offered] to Apollo.

b. A former genus, including the Harp-shell ( Harpa). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > genus or member of genus Harpa

harp-shell1752

lyra1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) There are three species of the lyra, or harp shell. 1. The common lyra.

4. Anatomy. ‘The triangular portion of the under surface of the corpus callosum lying between the diverging posterior crura of the fornix, and marked with transverse, longitudinal, and oblique lines’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

ΚΠ

1756 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body (ed. 4) II. 245 The interior Surface of the triangular Cieling, which lies between these arches, is full of transverse, prominent, medullary Lines; for which reason the Ancients called it Psalloides and Lyra, comparing it to a stringed Instrument, something like what is now called a Dulcimer.

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 39 An appearance, called the lyra, or corpus psalloides.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 265.

Compounds

C1. attributive. (Sense 1.)

lyra lesson n.

ΚΠ

1661 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1970) II. 71 A bass viall; on which he that played, played well some Lyra lessons.

C2.

lyra viol n. (also 1700s lero viol) a bass-viol, tuned and played according to the lute notation or ‘tablature’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > lyra viol

lyra viol1652

lyre-viol1660

viola bastarda1724

1652 J. Playford Musicks Recreat.: Lyra Viol Pref. sig. A3 This Book of Lessons for the Lone Lyra Violl.

1655 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick 41 The Violl De Gambo is so called because his Musick is play'd from the Rules of the Gam-ut, and not by Letters or Tableture as the Lyra-Violl.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 16 Oct. (1972) VII. 327 Hearing my brother play a little upon the Lyra viall.

a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 14 His Practice of Musick upon his Base, or Lyra Viol (which he used to touch, Lute-fashion, upon his Knees).

lyra-way adv. (also lyero-way, leero-way, lyra-wise) ( Cent. Dict.) according to the method of notation used for instruments of the lute-kind (see tablature n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adverb] > type of

lute-way1607

lyra-way1607

1607 T. Tomkis Lingua i. ix. C ij Auditus, shall we here thee play, the Lyeroway, or the Lute-way?

1611 J. Maynard (title) XII Wonders of the World... With some Lessons to play Lyra-wayes alone, or..with another Violl set Lute-way.

1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Lyrick verses,..songs composed to the Lyre, or Harp, whence we say vulgarly, playing Leero-way on the Viol, which is corruptly used for Lyra-way, i.e. Harp-way.

1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 89 A Bass Viol to play Lyra-way which is by Tablature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lyra
释义	lyran. /ˈlʌɪərə/ Etymology: < Latin lyra, < Greek λύρα. †1. A lyre. (Occasionally in Italian form lira.) See also Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre lyrec1275 lyraa1586 shell1747 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) ii. sig. V6 Till she had (taking a Lyra Basilius helde for her) song these Phaleuciakes. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. iii. sig. H3^v Vpon which I compos'd this Ode, and set it to my most affected Instrument the Lyra . View more context for this quotation 1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 147 Which verses..were vsed to be sung at the tables of great men and Princes, to the sound of the Lyra. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lyre, a Lyra, or Harpe. 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 42 Lira, or Lyra, or Lyre. 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 24 in A. Pope Wks. II I have here a small Lyra of my own, fram'd, strung, and tun'd after the ancient manner. 2. Astronomy. (With capital L.) An ancient northern constellation: = harp n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Lyra harp1556 vulture1639 lyra1658 lyre1868 1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words 1810 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 100 204 My observations on α Lyræ..now amount to 47. 1901 J. F. Hewitt Mythmaking Age i. i. 8 When Vega in the Constellation of the Vulture of Lyra became Pole Star. †3. Zoology. (With capital L.) a. A former genus of fishes including the Piper ( Trigla lyra). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla lyra (piper) piper1585 piper fish1585 sea-hen1611 sea-poult1658 werrell1658 harp-fish1661 lyra1706 lyre-fish1884 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lyra,..Also the Rochet, a Sea-fish, call'd in Cornwall the red Gournard. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 48 The Lyra or gurnard [was offered] to Apollo. b. A former genus, including the Harp-shell ( Harpa). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > genus or member of genus Harpa harp-shell1752 lyra1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) There are three species of the lyra, or harp shell. 1. The common lyra. 4. Anatomy. ‘The triangular portion of the under surface of the corpus callosum lying between the diverging posterior crura of the fornix, and marked with transverse, longitudinal, and oblique lines’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΚΠ 1756 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body (ed. 4) II. 245 The interior Surface of the triangular Cieling, which lies between these arches, is full of transverse, prominent, medullary Lines; for which reason the Ancients called it Psalloides and Lyra, comparing it to a stringed Instrument, something like what is now called a Dulcimer. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 39 An appearance, called the lyra, or corpus psalloides. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 265. Compounds C1. attributive. (Sense 1.) lyra lesson n. ΚΠ 1661 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1970) II. 71 A bass viall; on which he that played, played well some Lyra lessons. C2. lyra viol n. (also 1700s lero viol) a bass-viol, tuned and played according to the lute notation or ‘tablature’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > lyra viol lyra viol1652 lyre-viol1660 viola bastarda1724 1652 J. Playford Musicks Recreat.: Lyra Viol Pref. sig. A3 This Book of Lessons for the Lone Lyra Violl. 1655 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick 41 The Violl De Gambo is so called because his Musick is play'd from the Rules of the Gam-ut, and not by Letters or Tableture as the Lyra-Violl. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 16 Oct. (1972) VII. 327 Hearing my brother play a little upon the Lyra viall. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 14 His Practice of Musick upon his Base, or Lyra Viol (which he used to touch, Lute-fashion, upon his Knees). lyra-way adv. (also lyero-way, leero-way, lyra-wise) ( Cent. Dict.) according to the method of notation used for instruments of the lute-kind (see tablature n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adverb] > type of lute-way1607 lyra-way1607 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua i. ix. C ij Auditus, shall we here thee play, the Lyeroway, or the Lute-way? 1611 J. Maynard (title) XII Wonders of the World... With some Lessons to play Lyra-wayes alone, or..with another Violl set Lute-way. 1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Lyrick verses,..songs composed to the Lyre, or Harp, whence we say vulgarly, playing Leero-way on the Viol, which is corruptly used for Lyra-way, i.e. Harp-way. 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 89 A Bass Viol to play Lyra-way which is by Tablature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1586
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