phorminx

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noun

A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.

OriginAncient Greek φόρμιγξ →
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Meanings

nounphorminx (plural phorminxes or phorminges)

plural phorminxes · plural phorminges

  1. A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.

    We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs, As if still ignorant of counterpoint.

    1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “First Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφόρμιγξ
  2. Englishphorminx

Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ (phórminx)

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Translations

Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ
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French phorminx
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German Phorminx
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Hungarian phorminx
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Italian phorminx
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Polish forminga
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Russian форми́нга
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Spanish forminx, forminga
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APA

phorminx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phorminx

MLA

“phorminx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phorminx. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phorminx,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phorminx.

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