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# lyre

noun (lyres)

«lyre» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp, with a U-shaped frame; it was played in ancient Greece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/#m1)

### In the lessons

in myths, a god, hero or muse plays it while singing or dancing; in stories, a musician's instrument

### Examples

- In sculpture Amphion is always represented with a lyre; Zethus with a club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/#x1)
- Terpsichore, the muse of Dance, is shown playing on a seven-stringed lyre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/#x2)
- Here the warrior found his horses, and the musician his lyre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lyre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lyre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lyre.html) on Mova free.