ψαλ-μός, ὁ,
twitching or twanging with the fingers, ψαλμοὶ τόξων [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 173 (Lyric poetry); τοξήρει ψαλμῷ [τοξεύσας] [prev. author] “HF” 1064 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II mostly of musical strings, πηκτίδων ψαλμοῖς κρέκον ὕμνον [[ 4th c.BC: Telestes Lyricus 5, cf. Diog.Trag. 1.9, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 the sound of the cithara or harp, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 125, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Phrynichus Tragicus 11; ψαλμὸς δ᾽ ἀλαλάζει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57.7 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; there were contests in τὸ ψάλλειν, [[ “Michel” 898.10(Chios, 2nd c.BC), 913.6(Teos, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.3 later, song sung to the harp, psalm, [[ LXX.2Ki.23.1, +others, NT.Eph.5.19; βίβλος ψαλμῶν NT.Luke.20.42. ] LXX+NT]