stringed instrument, psaltery, harp
stringed instrument, psaltery, harp, τρίγωνα ψ. Arist. Pr. 919b12, cf. Hippias(?) in PHib. 1.13.31, Apollod. ap. Ath. 14.636f, Thphr. HP 5.7.6, LXX Ge. 4.21, al., Jul. Or. 2.49c.
The corpus record
ψαλ-τήριον
psalterion · τό
stringed instrument, psaltery, harp
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Where it lives
- Psalmi 10 · 2.92/10k
- Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
- Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
- Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
- Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
- Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
- Job 1 · 0.75/10k
- Ezechiel 2 · 0.69/10k
- Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
- Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ψαλτήριον · psaltērion Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5166)
- ψαλτηρίου · psaltēriou Septuaginta, Daniel (LXX) 3
- ψαλτήρια · psaltēria Septuaginta, Esdras II 22
- ψαλτηρίων · psaltēriōn Septuaginta, Ezechiel 26
- ψαλτηρίου · psaltēriou Septuaginta, Ezechiel 33
- ψαλτήριον · psaltērion Septuaginta, Genesis 4
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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.