Lydian
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈlɪdɪən/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈlɪdi.ən/
Noun

Lydian (plural Lydians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
Translations
  • German: Lyder, Lyderin, Lydier, Lydierin
  • Portuguese: lídio
  • Russian: лидиец
Proper noun
  1. An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.
Translations Adjective

Lydian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
  2. (music) Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938 ↗, book III, canto I:
      And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide / Her looser notes with Lydian harmony {{...}
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