- lyrica
- lyrĭcus, a, um, adj. [lyra], of or belonging to the lute or lyre, lyric:A.
lyrici soni,
Ov. F. 2, 94:vates,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 35:senex,
i. e. Anacreon, Ov. Tr. 2, 364:regnator lyricae cohortis,
i. e. Pindar, Stat. S. 4, 7, 5.— Subst.lyrĭca, ōrum, n., lyric poems, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 3; 3, 1, 7.—B.lyrĭcus, i, [p. 1091] m., = luriko:s, a lyric poet, Sid. Ep. 4, 1:Bacchylides,
Amm. 25, 4, 3.—Usually plur.: lyrĭci, ōrum, m., lyric poets, Quint. 9, 4, 53; 1, 8, 6; 8, 6, 71; 10, 1, 96; 61 (in Cic. Or. 55, written in Gr. letters, lurikoi).
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.