plectrum

• plectron

Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point”), from πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike, to smite, to sting”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛk.tɹəm/

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plectrum (plural plectrums or plectra)

1. (music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
2. (anatomy, zoology) An anatomical part resembling a plectrum in shape.

• guitar pick
• pick (US)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron), from πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, sting”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpleːk.trum/, [ˈpɫeːk.trũ]

plēctrum n (genitive plēctrī); second declension

1. A plectrum; tool for playing a stringed instrument.
2. A lyre, lute.

Second declension.

• English: plectrum
• French: plectre
• Italian: plettro
• Portuguese: plectro
• Spanish: plectro

• plectrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plectrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plectrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• plectrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• plectrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plectrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin