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# lyre

«lyre» in Mova's school dictionary: **An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lyres)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/#x2)
- Here the warrior found his horses, and the musician his lyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lyre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.