phorminx

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ (phórminx)

Noun

phorminx (plural phorminxes or phorminges)

A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “First Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
  We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs,
  As if still ignorant of counterpoint.

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