ναβλιστο-κτυπεύς

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: name of a Phoenician lyre with 10 or 12 strings (Soph.Fr. 849 [uncertain conj.], LXX).

Other forms: - ας m. (com., Str.), also ναῦλα f. (Aq., Sm.), - ον n. (H.).

Derivatives: ναβλίζω = ψάλλω (Gloss.) with ναβλιστής m. `player of a n.' (Euph.), also ναβλιστο-κτυπεύς `id.' (Man. 4, 185), for *ναβλο-κτύπος (through cross and with formally enlarging - ευς), f. ναβλίστρια (Maced.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.

Etymology: Like the instrument the name was prob. also Phoenician; cf. Hebr. nēbel name of a harp; more in Lewy Fremdw. 161. The word seems to have meant originally `vase'. DELG speaks of the harp as "avec son mouvement arrondi". E. Masson Emprunts 67 - 69; Meurgon, Melanges Carcopino 518 - 522. -- Lat. LW [loanword] nablium, nablum, s. W.-Hofmann s.v. Etruscan has naplan, designating a cup.

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