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 τὸ τρίγωνον δὲ καλούμενον ὄργανον Ιὄβασ ἐν τετάρτῳ θεατρικῆσ ἱστορίασ Σύρων εὑρ́ημά φησιν εἶναι, ὡσ καὶ τὸν καλούμενον λυροφοίνικα σαμβύκην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 77 2:14)
- "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)
- 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)
- καλεῖσθαί τε σαμβύκην, ἐπειδὴ ὅταν ἐξαρθῇ γίνεται σχῆμα νεὼσ καὶ κλίμακοσ ἑνοποιούμενον ὅμοιον, δέ τί ἐστιν καὶ τὸ τῆσ σαμβακησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 34 2:2)
- Εὐφορίων δὲ ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰσθμίων παλαιὸν μέν φησι τὸ ὄργανον εἶναι τὴν μάγαδιν, μετασκευασθῆναι δ’ ὀψέ ποτε καὶ σαμβύκην μετονομασθῆναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 36 2:4)
Synonyms
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a triangular musical instrument with four strings
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an engine of like form