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σαμβύκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σαμβύκη

Structure: σαμβυκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a triangular musical instrument with four strings
  2. an engine of like form

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σαμβύκη σαμβύκᾱ σαμβύκαι
Genitive σαμβύκης σαμβύκαιν σαμβυκῶν
Dative σαμβύκῃ σαμβύκαιν σαμβύκαις
Accusative σαμβύκην σαμβύκᾱ σαμβύκᾱς
Vocative σαμβύκη σαμβύκᾱ σαμβύκαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "φοίνικεσ, πηκτίδεσ, μαγάδιδεσ, σαμβῦκαι, ἰαμβῦκαι; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 38 1:1)
  • οἱο͂ν πηκτίδεσ καὶ βάρβιτοι καὶ τὰ πρὸσ ἡδονὴν συντείνοντα τοῖσ ἀκούουσι τῶν χρωμένων, ἑπτάγωνα καὶ τρίγωνα καὶ σαμβῦκαι, καὶ πάντα τὰ δεόμενα χειρουργικῆσ ἐπιστήμησ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 100:1)
  • λοιπὸν ὅτε συνεγγίζοιεν αἱ σαμβῦκαι, τότε περιαγόμεναι καρχησίῳ πρὸσ τὸ δέον αἱ κεραῖαι διά τινοσ σχαστηρίασ ἠφίεσαν εἰσ τὸ κατασκεύασμα τὸν λίθον· (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 5 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. a triangular musical instrument with four strings

  2. an engine of like form

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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