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φόρμιγξ φόρμιγξ, ιγγος, the phorminx, a kind of lyre or harp, the oldest stringed instrument of the Greeks, esp. as the instrument of Apollo, Hom.; with seven strings (after Terpanderʼs time), Pind. Commonly referred to φέρω, as if it were the portable lyre: better perh. from Root .φρεμ, Lat. fremo, to sound.

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the phorminx

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Headword:

φόρμιγξ

Headword (normalized):

φόρμιγξ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

φορμιγξ

IDX:

35115

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35155

Key:

fo/rmigc

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