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| Subject: | 'Tis Latin for "lyre" (m) |
| Author: | Miranda (Authenticated as Randee15) |
| Date: | March 12, 2005 at 12:34:15 PM |
| Reply to: | Does Lyra have a meaning by Siri |
A lyre being a musical instrument. And here's what the handy-dandy dictionary has to say about "lyre"'s etymology:
Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek lura.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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