lyra

One of the ancient northern constellations. Also, a name of the gray gurnard, or crooner (which see).

← lynch-law × lyrie →

lyra
lyra, ae, f., = λύρα, I a lute, lyre , a stringed instrument resembling the cithara, fabled to have ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lyra
lyra ae, f , λύρα, a lute, lyre, a stringed instrument invented by Mercury and presented to Apollo:...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Lyra
·noun A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alp...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language