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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

  • τὸν δὲ ταύρῳ χαλκέῳ καυτῆρα νηλέα νόον ἐχθρὰ Φάλαριν κατέχει παντᾷ φάτισ, οὐδέ νιν φόρμιγγεσ ὑπωρόφιαι κοινωνίαν μαλθακὰν παίδων ὀάροισι δέκονται. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 1 33:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ τῇ ἅδε τόξα καὶ οὔρεσι θῆρασ ἐναίρειν, φόρμιγγέσ τε χοροί τε διαπρύσιοί τ’ ὀλολυγαὶ ἄλσεά τε σκιόεντα δικαίων τε πτόλισ ἀνδρῶν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 3:7)
  • ἐν δ’ ἄρα τοῖσιν αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγέσ τε βοὴν ἔχον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 13:4)
  • κοῦροι δ’ ὀρχηστῆρεσ ἐδίνεον, ἐν δ’ ἄρα τοῖσιν αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγέσ τε βοὴν ἔχον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 47:3)

Synonyms

  1. lyre

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