φόρμιγξ
phormigx
lyre
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φόρμιγξ, ιγγος, ἡ, A. lyre, freq. in , esp. as the instrument of Apollo, φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχʼ Ἀπόλλων Il. 1.603, cf. 24.63, Od. 17.270, Sc. 203; of Achilles, φρένα τερπόμενον φόρμιγγι λιγείῃ καλῇ δαιδαλέῃ Il. 9.186; with seven strings (after Terpanderʼs time), ἑπτάκτυπος, ἑπτάγλωσσος, P. 2.71, N. 5.24; ἀντιψάλλων ἐλεφαντόδετον φ. Av. 219 (anap.). 2. φ. ἄχορδος, metaph. for a bow, Arist. 1413a1.
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