σαμβύκη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σαμβύκη
Structure:
σαμβυκ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- a triangular musical instrument with four strings
- an engine of like form
Declension
First declension
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.
- καὶ λόγῳ κρούων ἕκαστον, ὡσ πέφυκεν ἐμμελὲσ ὑπηχεῖν ἤδη μέντοι συμβούλῳ Πλάτωνι χρησάμενοσ, πηκτίδασ, σαμβύκασ καὶ ψαλτήρια πολύφθογγα καὶ βαρβίτουσ καὶ τρίγωνα παραπέμψασ, τὴν λύραν καὶ τὴν κιθάραν προτιμήσει· (Plutarch, De unius in republica dominatione, chapter, section 4 1:1)
- "τὸν γὰρ βάρωμον καὶ βάρβιτον, ὧν Σαπφὼ καὶ Ἀνακρέων μνημονεύουσι, καὶ τὴν μάγαδιν καὶ τὰ τρίγωνα καὶ τὰσ σαμβύκασ ἀρχαῖα εἶναι, ἐν γοῦν Μιτυλήνῃ μίαν τῶν Μουσῶν πεποιῆσθαι ὑπὸ Λεσβοθέμιδοσ ἔχουσαν σαμβύκην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 80 2:6)
- Ἀριστόξενοσ δ’ ἔκφυλα ὄργανα καλεῖ φοίνικασ καὶ πηκτίδασ καὶ μαγάδιδασ σαμβύκασ τε καὶ τρίγωνα καὶ κλεψιάμβουσ καὶ σκινδαψοὺσ καὶ τὸ ἐννεάχορδον καλούμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 80 3:1)
- "Μάρκελλοσ, φησί, δυσχρηστούμενοσ ἐν τῇ Συρακουσῶν πολιορκίᾳ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀρχιμήδουσ κατασκευασμάτων ἔλεγεν ταῖσ μὲν ναυσὶν αὑτοῦ κυαθίζειν ἐκ θαλάσσησ Ἀρχιμήδην, τὰσ δὲ σαμβύκασ ῥαπιζομένασ ὥσπερ ἐκ πότου μετ’ αἰσχύνησ ἐκπεπτωκέναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 34 3:2)
- τοῦ δ’ εἰπόντοσ ὅτι παραγέγονεν ἵππουσ ἄγων "ἐβουλόμην ἄν σε" ἔφη "καὶ λίαν ἀντὶ τῶν ἵππων κιναίδουσ ἄγειν καὶ σαμβύκασ· (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 37 10:1)
Synonyms
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a triangular musical instrument with four strings
-
an engine of like form
