φόρμιγξ

From Pre-Greek.

φόρμῐγξ • (phórmĭnx) f (genitive φόρμῐγγος); 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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  • lyre idem, page 506.
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