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From Pre-Greek.

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φόρμιγξ (phórminxf (genitive φόρμιγγος); third declension

  1. (poetic, music) lyre, phorminx
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.568:
      οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης, οὐ μὲν φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχ’ Ἀπόλλων
      oudé ti thumòs edeúeto daitòs eḯsēs, ou mèn phórmingos perikalléos hḕn ékh’ Apóllōn
      Nor did their heart lack anything of the equal feast, nor of the beauteous lyre, that Apollo held.

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  • φόρμιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φόρμιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φόρμιγξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φόρμιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φόρμιγξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • φόρμιγξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • harp idem, page 386.
    • lyre idem, page 506.
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