The corpus record

γίγγρ-ας

giggras · ὁ

small Phoenician flute

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What it meant

γίγγρ-ας · gingr-as — LSJ

small Phoenician flute, fife

small Phoenician flute or fife, of a high pitch and plaintive tone, Amphis 14 (from Γίγγρης, Phoenician name for Adonis, Ath. 4.174f):—also γίγγρος αὐλός Antiph. 108, Men. 259: γίγγρον, Hsch.

2 its music, dance to its tune

its music, Trypho Fr. 109 V.; dance to its tune, Poll. 4.102.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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