phorminxn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːmɪŋks/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌmɪŋks/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕόρμιγξ.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕόρμιγξ lyre, of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword; with the suffix compare ancient Greek σάλπιγξ salpinx n., σῦριγξ syrinx n.

Music. historical.

An ancient Greek musical instrument, having (usually) seven strings and resembling a cithara or lyre.The phorminx was traditionally used as an accompaniment to singing. The player plucked the strings directly with the left hand, and with a plectrum using the right hand.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre > other lyres

testudo1702

trigon1728

trigonon1728

trigonum1738

phorminx1776

veena1789

tortoise-lyrea1822

kissar1864

nyatiti1964

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 344 (note) The cithara may in ancient times have been thought inferior to the phorminx, as the modern guitar is esteemed at present a trivial and effeminate instrument, when compared with the double harp.

1846 N. Amer. Rev. July 155 It was delivered in a species of musical recitative, with a slight accompaniment of the phorminx, the cithern of the heroic age.

1879 E. C. Stedman Lyrics & Idylls 158 Where Zeus withdrew behind the rolling cloud, Where crowned Apollo sang, the phorminx twanging.

1915 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 35 95 Does it mean..that Hesiod was the first rhapsode to recite without the phorminx?

1993 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 97 330/1 Theocritus describes Herakles as a bard, employing the boxwood phorminx or elaborate kithara.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phorminx
释义	phorminxn. Brit. /ˈfɔːmɪŋks/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌmɪŋks/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕόρμιγξ. Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕόρμιγξ lyre, of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword; with the suffix compare ancient Greek σάλπιγξ salpinx n., σῦριγξ syrinx n. Music. historical. An ancient Greek musical instrument, having (usually) seven strings and resembling a cithara or lyre.The phorminx was traditionally used as an accompaniment to singing. The player plucked the strings directly with the left hand, and with a plectrum using the right hand. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre > other lyres testudo1702 trigon1728 trigonon1728 trigonum1738 phorminx1776 veena1789 tortoise-lyrea1822 kissar1864 nyatiti1964 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 344 (note) The cithara may in ancient times have been thought inferior to the phorminx, as the modern guitar is esteemed at present a trivial and effeminate instrument, when compared with the double harp. 1846 N. Amer. Rev. July 155 It was delivered in a species of musical recitative, with a slight accompaniment of the phorminx, the cithern of the heroic age. 1879 E. C. Stedman Lyrics & Idylls 158 Where Zeus withdrew behind the rolling cloud, Where crowned Apollo sang, the phorminx twanging. 1915 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 35 95 Does it mean..that Hesiod was the first rhapsode to recite without the phorminx? 1993 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 97 330/1 Theocritus describes Herakles as a bard, employing the boxwood phorminx or elaborate kithara. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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