Definition of liro
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Orthography ID = 2033148
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LNS
līrō, līrāre, līrāvī, līrātus
lira
verb (1st conjugation)
  1. to plough or harrow in
  2. to scratch
  3. to be mad, to rave
Abbreviations
līro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. lira, to plough or harrow in the seed. Lit.: terram cum primum arant, proscindere appellant: cum iterum, offringere dicunt: tertio cum arant jacto semine, lirare dicuntur, Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 2; cf.: haec (iteratio) quoque ubi consuetudo patitur, crate dentata, vel tabula aratro adnexa, quod vocant lirare, operiente semina, Plin. 18, 20, 49, ยง 180: lirantur una jugera quatuor, Col. 11, 2, 47.

—* Transf., to scratch one's lips: alicui labias, Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 5.

—* Trop., for delirare, to be mad, to rave: et si Pierias patitur lirare sorores, Aus. Ep. 10, 8.
 
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