- βάρβιτος
- βάρβιτοςGrammatical information: f. or m.Meaning: musical instrument wih many strings (Pi.)Other forms: later also -ον n. Also βάρμιτος (EM 188, 21, called Aeolic; `the oldest form'?, Bechtel Dial. 1, 118, Schwyzer 257, s. below); also βάρμος (Phillis ap. Ath. 14, 636c) and βάρωμος (Ath.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Foreign word (Phrygian?), s. Str. 10, 3, 17. Grošelj, Slavistična Revija 4, 250, connects φόρμιγξ; so does Fur.173 etc. (?). Most prob. Pre-Gr.; suff. -ιτ- (so the question of the oldest form becomes different). The strange -ω- from *barʷm-? or epenthesis (where ο is well attested).See also: Most prob. Pre-Gr.Page in Frisk: 1,220
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.