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φόρμιγξ

φόρμιγξ, the phorminx

φόρμ-ιγξ, ιγγος, ἡ,
  • lyre, freq. in Hom., esp. as the instrument of Apollo, φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχʼ Ἀπόλλων Il. 1.603, cf. 24.63, Od. 17.270, Hes. Sc. 203; of Achilles, φρένα τερπόμενον φόρμιγγι λιγείῃ καλῇ δαιδαλέῃ Il. 9.186; with seven strings (after Terpanderʼs time), ἑπτάκτυπος, ἑπτάγλωσσος, Pi. P. 2.71, N. 5.24; ἀντιψάλλων ἐλεφαντόδετον φ. Ar. Av. 219 (anap.).
      • 2 φ. ἄχορδος, metaph. for a bow, Arist. Rh. 1413a1.

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