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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

  • αἳ δ’ ὑπὸ φορμίγγων ἄναγον χορὸν ἱμερόεντα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:1)
  • ὤλετο φορμίγγων τερετίσματα, λῆξαν ἀοιδαί, ὥσπερ Ιωἄννῃ πάντα συνολλύμενα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6122)
  • ἦλθε γάρ μοι ἐνύπνιον φράζον τόν τε Παιᾶνα ὡσ δέον ποιῆσαι τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἅμα τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶχεν οὕτω πωσ, Φορμίγγων ἄνακτα Παιᾶνα κληίσω. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:12)

Synonyms

  1. lyre

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