lyra

Definitiones

1. lyre, lute
   declension-1, feminine
2. the northern constellation Lyra
   declension-1, feminine

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“‘septēna putāris, Plēiadum numerum, fīla dedisse lyrae’ ‘‘you are thought to have given seven – the number of the Pleiads – strings to the lyre’’”

(The muse Calliope credits Hermes/Mercury with inventing the lyre, and giving it seven strings to honor his mother Maia, eldest of the Pleiades (Greek mythology).)

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