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ἠχεῖον , τό, (ἦχος)
A.drum, gong, Plu.Crass.23, Apollod. ap. Sch. Theoc.2.36, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr.p.153B.; tambourine, as head-dress, Herm.Trism.in Rev.Phil.32.254; used for stage-thunder, Sch.Ar. Nu.292; as sounding-boards in the theatre, Vitr.5.5.2.
II. in the lyre, = χάλκωμα, apptly. a metallic sounding-plate, Hsch.; so of the palate, Gal.UP7.5.
2. Adj. ἠχεῖον ὄργανον sounding instrument, Ph.1.588, cj.ib.444,510.
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    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 292
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