Lyra

·noun A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.

II. Lyra ·noun The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain;

— so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.

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

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