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Headword: Κινύρα
Adler number: kappa,1650
Translated headword: kinyra, kinnor
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A musical instrument, or kithara.
[So called] from moving [kinein] the strings [neura].
Greek Original:
Κινύρα: ὄργανον μουσικόν, ἢ κιθάρα. ἀπὸ τοῦ κινεῖν τὰ νεῦρα.
Notes:
For the kithara see kappa 1590.
M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 60: "In the interests of completeness I should perhaps mention kinyra, which is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew כִּנּוֹר kinnor (Septuagint, Josephus) and has no existence as a Greek instrument".
See also LSJ s.v. (web address 1).

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