φόρμιγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ιγγος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lyre]], freq. in Hom., esp. as the instrument of Apollo, φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχ' Ἀπόλλων <span class="bibl">Il.1.603</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.63</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.270</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>203</span>; of Achilles, φρένα τερπόμενον φόρμιγγι λιγείῃ καλῇ δαιδαλέῃ <span class="bibl">Il.9.186</span>; with seven strings (after Terpander's time), [[ἑπτάκτυπος]], [[ἑπτάγλωσσος]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.71</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>5.24</span>; ἀντιψάλλων ἐλεφαντόδετον φ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>219</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> φόρμιγξ [[ἄχορδος]], metaph. for a [[bow]], Arist.<span class="bibl">Rh.1413a1</span>.</span>