A.clear, shrill, “λιγέων ἀνέμων λαιψηρὰ κέλευθα” Il.14.17; “ὦρτο δ᾽ ἐπὶ λ. οὖρος” Od. 3.176, cf. 4.357: more freq. of a clear, sweet sound, clear-toned, φόρμιγγι λιγείῃ, φόρμιγγα λίγειαν, Il.9.186, Od.8.67, etc.; of articulate sounds, clear-voiced, “Μοῦσα λίγεια” 24.62, Alcm.1; “λ. Σειρήν” Id.7; λ. ἀγορητής in Il. as epith. of Nestor, 1.248, 4.293; also of Thersites, 2.246; “ἐπέων οἶμος λ.” Pi.O.9.72. Adv. “λιγέως, ἀγορεύειν” Il.3.214: freq. also, λ. κλαίειν wail shrilly, 19.5, Od.11.391; “ἰάχειν” Hes.Sc. 233: neut. as Adv., “λ. πνείοντες ἀῆται” Od.4.567; “λ. μέλπεσθαι” Hes. Sc.206; λιγύ or “λιγέα κλάζειν” Mosch.4.24, A.R.4.1299.
II. after Hes., mostly of sad sounds, as always in A., “λ. κωκύματα” Pers.332; κἀνακωκύσας λιγύ ib.468; “λ. πάθεα” Supp.113 (lyr.); of the nightingale, Ag.1146 (lyr.), S.OC671 (lyr.); also of music, “λίγεια λωτοῦ χάρις” E.Heracl.892 (lyr.); αὐλοῦ λ. ἦχον, v.l. for γλυκὺν in Mosch. 2.98.—Poet. word (“Μοῦσαι λίγειαι” Pl.Phdr.237a).
