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.
- μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ζητήσεωσ γενομένησ περὶ σαμβύκησ ἔφη ὁ Μασούριοσ ὀξύφθογγον εἶναι μουσικὸν ὄργανον τὴν σαμβύκην διειλέχθαι τε περὶ αὐτοῦ Εὐφορίωνα τὸν ἐποποιὸν ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰσθμίων, χρῆσθαι φήσασ αὐτῷ Πάρθουσ καὶ Τρωγλοδύτασ τετραχόρδῳ ὄντι ἱστορεῖν δὲ τοῦτο Πυθαγόραν ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆσ Ἐρυθρᾶσ Θαλάσσησ, καλεῖται δέ τι καὶ τῶν πολιορκητικῶν ὀργάνων σαμβύκη, οὗ τό τε σχῆμα καὶ τὴν κατασκευὴν ἀποδείκνυσι Βίτων ἐν τῷ πρὸσ Ἄτταλον περὶ Ὀργάνων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 34 1:3)
- "τῇ σαμβύκῃ πρώτην φησὶ χρήσασθαι Σίβυλλαν, ἧσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:14)
- Ἡ σαμβύκη δ’ ἐπαχθεῖσα τοῦ τείχουσ ᾗ τὸ τῆσ Ἴσιδοσ ἱερόν ἐστιν, ἐφόβει μάλιστα, βέλη τε πολλὰ ὁμοῦ καὶ κριοὺσ καὶ ἀκόντια ἀφιεῖσα. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 6:1)
- καὶ τῶν ὀργάνων ἔνια βαρβάρωσ ὠνόμασται νάβλασ καὶ σαμβύκη καὶ βάρβιτοσ καὶ μαγάδισ καὶ ἄλλα πλείω. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 3 28:7)
- ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐξαρθῇ, γίνεται τὸ σχῆμα τῆσ νεὼσ ταύτησ καὶ τῆσ κλίμακοσ ἑνοποιηθὲν παραπλήσιον σαμβύκῃ. (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 4 11:2)
Synonyms
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a triangular musical instrument with four strings
-
an engine of like form
