noun · femininefirst declension
līra
līra f (genitive līrae)
Classical[ˈliː.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.ra]
Meaning
- the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge
- furrow
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Porca · Sulcus · Lira
Porca (from σπαράξαι) is the ridge between two furrows, the soil thrown up; sulcus (ὁλκός) the furrow itself, the trench made by the plough; lira (λέχριος?) sometimes one, sometimes the other. (vi. 277.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līra | līrae |
| genitive | līrae | līrārum |
| dative | līrae | līrīs |
| accusative | līram | līrās |
| ablative | līrā | līrīs |
| vocative | līra | līrae |
līra, ae, f. perh. fr. lisa; O. H. Germ. Leisa; Germ. Geleise, a track or rut; cf. delirus,
I. the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge:
liras rustici vocant easdem porcas, cum sic aratum est, ut inter duos latius distantes sulcos medius cumulus siccam sedem frumentis praebeat, Col. 2, 4, 8: patentes liras facere, id. 2, 8, 3: proscissa lira, id. 2, 10; cf. id. 11, 3.—II. Transf., a furrow, acc. to Non. 17, 32; cf. lira, αὖλαξ, Gloss. Philox.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *loizā, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). Cognate with Oscan feminine ablative plural 𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔 (luisarifs, the name of a month, perhaps "in which the furrows are drawn"), Old High German leisa (“track”) (German Gleis), Old Church Slavonic лѣха (lěxa, “field bed, furrow”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Proto-Germanic *lizaną (“to know, understand”), *laizijaną (“teach”), *liʀnōn (“learn”).