φόρμιγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰór.miŋks/ → /ˈɸor.miŋks/ → /ˈfor.miŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰór.miŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰor.miŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸor.miŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.miŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.miŋks/

Noun

φόρμιγξ • (phórminx) f (genitive φόρμιγγος); third declension

1. (poetic, music) lyre, phorminx
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.568:

     οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης, οὐ μὲν φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχ’ Ἀπόλλων

     oudé ti thumòs edeúeto daitòs eḯsēs, ou mèn phórmingos perikalléos hḕn ékh’ Apóllōn

     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 (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φόρμιγξ hē phórminx	τὼ φόρμιγγε tṑ phórminge	αἱ φόρμιγγες hai phórminges
Genitive	τῆς φόρμιγγος tês phórmingos	τοῖν φορμίγγοιν toîn phormíngoin	τῶν φορμίγγων tôn phormíngōn
Dative	τῇ φόρμιγγῐ têi phórmingi	τοῖν φορμίγγοιν toîn phormíngoin	ταῖς φόρμιγξῐ / φόρμιγξῐν taîs phórminxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν φόρμιγγᾰ tḕn phórminga	τὼ φόρμιγγε tṑ phórminge	τᾱ̀ς φόρμιγγᾰς tā̀s phórmingas
Vocative	φόρμιγξ phórminx	φόρμιγγε phórminge	φόρμιγγες phórminges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀναξιφόρμιγξ (anaxiphórminx)
• ἀφόρμικτος (aphórmiktos)
• δυσφόρμιγξ (dusphórminx)
• εὐφόρμιγξ (euphórminx)
• ποικιλοφόρμιγξ (poikilophórminx)
• φιλοφόρμιγξ (philophórminx)
• φορμίζω (phormízō)
• φορμικτήρ (phormiktḗr)
• φορμικτής (phormiktḗs)
• φορμικτός (phormiktós)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • harp idem, page 386.
  • 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, →ISBN