Ancient Greek
Noun
φόρμιγξ • (phórminx) f (genitive φόρμιγγος); third declension
- (poetic) lyre
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800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 1.568-
οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης, οὐ μὲν φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχ᾽ Ἀπόλλων
- Nor did their heart lack anything of the equal feast, nor of the beauteous lyre, that Apollo held.
Inflection
Third declension of
ἡ φόρμιγξ;
τῆς φόρμιγγος
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ἡ φόρμιγξ
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τὼ φόρμιγγε
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αἱ φόρμιγγες
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| Genitive |
τῆς φόρμιγγος
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τοῖν φορμίγγοιν
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τῶν φορμίγγων
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| Dative |
τῇ φόρμιγγῐ
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τοῖν φορμίγγοιν
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ταῖς φόρμιγξῐ
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| Accusative |
τὴν φόρμιγγᾰ
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τὼ φόρμιγγε
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τᾱ̀ς φόρμιγγᾰς
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| Vocative |
φόρμιγξ
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φόρμιγγε
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φόρμιγγες
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| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Derived terms
- ἀναξιφόρμιγξ (anaxiphórminx)
- ἀφόρμικτος (aphórmiktos)
- δυσφόρμιγξ (dusphórminx)
- εὐφόρμιγξ (euphórminx)
- ποικιλοφόρμιγξ (poikilophórminx)
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- φιλοφόρμιγξ (philophórminx)
- φορμίζω (phormízō)
- φορμικτήρ (phormiktḗr)
- φορμικτής (phormiktḗs)
- φορμικτός (phormiktós)
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References
- φόρμιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φόρμιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φόρμιγξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «φόρμιγξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «φόρμιγξ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- φόρμιγξ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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harp idem, page 386.
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lyre idem, page 506.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill