Lyra, lyræ, f. g. Plin. An harpe.Canor lyræ.Ouid.The tune of the harpe.Fidicen lyræ.Ouid.An harper. Aurata lyra.Ouid.Canoræ lyræ. Claud. Lowde harpes. Imbellis. Hor. Curua lyra. Hor. Inuicta. Ouid.Distincta gemmis.Ouid. Iocosa Horat. Eburna. Hor. Mollis. Stat.Garrula. Tibul. Tacita. Hor. Laudes alicuius canere lyra.Ouid.To sing ones praises to the harpe.Increpare lyram digitis.Ouid.To play on the harpe.Institui lyra. Quint. To be taught to play on the harpe.Mouere lyram.Ouid.Inaurate lyræ fila mouet pollice.Ouid.He playeth on a guilted harpe. ellere. Ouid. Percutere Oui.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lra, ae, f., = lu/ra, a lute, lyre, a stringed instrument resembling the cithara, fabled to have been invented by Mercury and presented to Apollo, Hyg. Astr. 2, 7: curvae lyrae parens, Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: Threiciam digitis increpuisse lyram, Ov. H. 3, 118: mox cecinit laudes prosperiore lyrā, id. A. A. 3, 50; Val. Fl. 5, 100.—II.Transf.A.Lyric poetry, song: imbellis, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10: Aeoliae Lesbis amica lyrae, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 26; id. P. 3, 3, 45.—B. In gen., poetic genius: Inferior lyra, Stat. Th. 10, 445.—C. Lyra, the constellation, the Lyre: exoriente Lyra, Ov. F. 1, 315; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 6; Varr. R. R. 2, 5.