View source for βάρβιτος

{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=βάρβῐτος
|Medium diacritics=βάρβιτος
|Low diacritics=βάρβιτος
|Capitals=ΒΑΡΒΙΤΟΣ
|Transliteration A=bárbitos
|Transliteration B=barbitos
|Transliteration C=varvitos
|Beta Code=ba/rbitos
|Definition=ἡ or ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">musical instrument of many strings</b> (πολύχορδος <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.45</span>), invented by Terpander, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>125</span>; freq. used for <b class="b2">the lyre</b>, <span class="bibl">Anacr.143</span>, <span class="bibl">B.<span class="title">Scol.Oxy.</span>1361.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>40</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>137</span>, etc.: fem. in <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>23.3, but masc. in 14.34: in earlier Poets the gender is not determined:—later βάρβῐτον, τό, as in Latin, <span class="bibl">Neanth. 5</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.7.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.4.175e</span>, etc. (Prob. a foreign word, <span class="bibl">Str.10.3.17</span>.)</span>
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