lyra

lyra

1. (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
   • 1840, Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine: Volume 1 (page 295)

     The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.

lyra (plural lyras)

1. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

• Lary, RYLA, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, ryal, yarl

From Latin lyra (“a lyre, a lyric”), from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “a lyre”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪra/
• Rhymes: -ɪra
• Hyphenation: ly‧ra
• Homophone: lira

lyra f

1. lyre (ancient musical instrument) [19th c.]

• lyrický
• lyrik
• lyrika

• ryla

From Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “lyre”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ra/, [ˈlʏ.ra]

lyra f (genitive lyrae); first declension

1. (music) lyre, lute

First declension.

• lyricen
• lyricus
• lyristēs

• English: Lyra
• Spanish: lira

• lyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lyra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lyra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lyra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

lyra c

1. a lyre (a stringed musical instrument)
2. a European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

   Synonyms: lyrtorsk, bleksej (regional), bleka

3. (brännboll) a catch without the ball having touched the ground

a catch in brännboll

• enhandslyra