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单词 orpharion
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orpharionn.

Brit. /ˌɔːfəˈrʌɪən/, /ɔːˈfarɪən/, U.S. /ˌɔrfəˈraɪən/, /ɔrˈfɛriən/
Forms: 1500s orpheryon, 1500s–1600s orpharyon, 1600s orfarian, 1600s orpherian, 1600s orpherion, 1600s orphirian, 1600s orpherin (transmission error), 1600s 1900s– orpharion, 1800s orpheoreon, 1800s orphoreon.
Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Orpheus, Arion.
Etymology: < the name of Orpheus (see Orphean adj. and n.) + Arion, the name of a famous mythical cithar-player from Methymna in Lesbos. Compare:1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iii. sig. G3 Another Orpheus; an Arion, riding on the backe of a Dolphin.
A large instrument of the lute family, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having from six to nine pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum or the fingers.Said to have been invented c1560 by John Rose, citizen of London, living in Bridewell. See New Grove Dict. Music (1980) XIII. 869.
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1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. Dv Set too the Cornet and the flute, The Orpharyon and the Lute.
1601 P. Rosseter (title) A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian and base violl.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §146 It maketh a more Resounding Sound than a Bandora, Orpharion or Cittern, which have likewise Wire-strings.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 20 To one he Petitioned for a Violl, to another for a Lute, to this Man for an Orfarian.
1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music Orpheoreon or Orphoreon.
1878 Grove's Dict. Music II. 612 A larger orpheoreon was called Penorcon, and a still larger one Pandore: Prætorius spells this Pandorra or Bandoer.
1959 J. R. Bernasconi Collector's Gloss. 355 Orpharion, a lute or cittern having it's strings in pairs and played with a plectrum, used during the 16th and 17th centuries.
1990 Opera Now May 76/1 The gentle tone of the wire-strung orpharion, which Rooley uses to great effect in many of the songs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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