Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ancient Greek musical instrument of the lyre kind.
  • noun A term loosely applied, in the middle ages, to one or more varieties of viol.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre

Etymologies

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From Latin barbiton, from Ancient Greek βάρβιτον.

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