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Phorminx
Phorminx is also a genus of cylindrical bark beetles. The phorminx (Ancient Greek: φόρμιγξ) was one of the oldest of the Ancient Greek stringed musical instruments, in the yoke lutes family, intermediate between the lyre and the kithara. It consisted of two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent-shaped sound box. It most probably originated from Mesopotamia. While it seems to have been common in Homer's day, accompanying the rhapsodes, it was supplanted in historical times by the seven-stringed kithara. Nevertheless, the term phorminx continued to be used as an archaism in poetry.
Webster Dictionary
Phorminxnoun
a kind of lyre used by the Greeks
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. .]
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Phorminx
The phorminx was one of the oldest of the Ancient Greek stringed musical instruments, intermediate between the lyre and the kithara. It consisted of two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent-shaped sound box. It mostly probably originated from Mesopotamia. While it seems to have been common in Homer's day, accompanying the rhapsodes, it was supplanted in historical times by the seven-stringed kithara. Nevertheless, the term phorminx continued to be used as an archaism in poetry. The term phorminx is also sometimes used in both ancient and modern writing to refer to all four instruments of the lyre family collectively: ⁕barbitos ⁕kithara ⁕lyre ⁕phorminx
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Phorminx
for′mingks, n. a kind of cithara. [Gr.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of phorminx in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of phorminx in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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