lyra

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Lary, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, ryal, yarl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lyra f

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

References

Anagrams

• ryla

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lyra f (genitive lyrae); first declension

1. (music) lyre, lute

References

• 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

Noun

lyra c

1. a lyre (a stringed musical instrument)