Quoting caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
>
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
> >How about some verb associated with "playing" the harp, which Latins
> >must have had... Hmm, where does "plectrum" come from?
>
> The NT Greek has a wonderful phrase in the Book of Revelation (14:2)
> which was formerly translated as "harpers harping with their harps."
> I'm visiting my family and don't have my usual resources, but the
> three words are cithar___.
> Most modern translations have rendered the phrase as "harpers playing
> on their harps." Yes, something is lost.
... hê phônê hên êkousa hôs kitharôdôn kitharizontôn en tais kitharais autôn.
Andreas