lyrica

lyrĭcus, a, um, adj. [lyra], of or belonging to the lute or lyre, lyric:

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.

A.

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).