Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ancient Greek stringed musical instrument; a cithara or lyre.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of lyre used by the Greeks.

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  • noun A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ

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  • An ancient Greek musical instrument, having (usually) seven strings and resembling a cithara or lyre.

    February 9, 2008