lyristes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λυριστής (luristḗs).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /lyˈris.teːs/, [lʲʏˈrɪs̠t̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈris.tes/, [liˈrist̪es]

Noun

lyristēs m (genitive lyristae); first declension

lute-player, lyrist

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lyristēs	lyristae
Genitive	lyristae	lyristārum
Dative	lyristae	lyristīs
Accusative	lyristēn	lyristās
Ablative	lyristē	lyristīs
Vocative	lyristē	lyristae

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: lirista

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.

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