phorminx
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It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Greek musical instruments and Lyres.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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Phorminx is also a genus of cylindrical bark beetles.
thumb|upright|A phorminx The phorminx () 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “phorminx” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.