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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

  • ἐν δ’ ἄρα μέσσῳ ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε Διὸσ καὶ Λητοῦσ υἱὸσ χρυσείῃ φόρμιγγι· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 21:2)
  • αἳ δ’ ὑπὸ φορμίγγων ἄναγον χορὸν ἱμερόεντα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:1)
  • οὔτ’ ἐ]ν βαρυπενθέσιν ἁρμό‐ ζει μ]άχαισ φόρμιγγοσ ὀμφὰ καὶ λι]γυκλαγγεῖσ χοροί, οὔτ’ ἐ]ν θαλίαισ καναχὰ χαλκ]όκτυποσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 14 2:2)
  • χρυσέα τε φόρμιγξ ἰαχήσειεν ἐπ’ εὐχαῖσ ἡμετέραισ· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, lyric4)
  • οὐδέν σ’ ἁ φόρμιγξ ἁ Φοίβου σύμμολποσ τόξων ῥύσαιτ’ ἄν. (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests8)
  • τοῖο δὲ φόρμιγξ χρυσέου ὑπὸ πλήκτρου καναχὴν ἔχει ἱμερόεσσαν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 2:2)
  • χρυσέα φόρμιγξ, Ἀπόλλωνοσ καὶ ἰοπλοκάμων σύνδικον Μοισᾶν κτέανον· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 1 1:1)
  • ἐξύφαινε, γλυκεῖα, καὶ τόδ’ αὐτίκα, φόρμιγξ, Λυδίᾳ σὺν ἁρμονίᾳ μέλοσ πεφιλημένον Οἰνώνᾳ τε καὶ Κύπρῳ, ἔνθα Τεῦκροσ ἀπάρχει ὁ Τελαμωνιάδασ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 4 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. lyre

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