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φόρμιγξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φόρμιγξ φόρμιγγος

Structure: φορμιγγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: Commonly referred to fe/rw, as if it were the portable lyre: better perh. from Root FREM, Lat. fremo, to sound.

Sense

  1. (poetic) lyre

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πτεροφόροι νεάνιδεσ, παρθένοι Χθονὸσ κόραι Σειρῆνεσ, εἴθ’ ἐμοῖσ γόοισ μόλοιτ’ ἔχουσαι Λίβυν λωτὸν ἢ σύριγγασ ἢ φόρμιγγασ, αἰλίνοισ κακοῖσ τοῖσ ἐμοῖσι σύνοχα δάκρυα· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 11)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ περὶ ψαλμοὺσ καὶ φόρμιγγασ ἁρμονία δι’ ἀντιφώνων ἔχει τὸ σύμφωνον, ὀξύτησι καὶ βαρύτησιν ἁμωσγέπωσ ὁμοιότητοσ ἐγγιγνομένησ· (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 8 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. lyre

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