σαμβύκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῡ], ἡ</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[a triangular musical instrument with four strings]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1341b1</span>, <span class="bibl">Neanth.5</span> J., Juba 73; of barbaric origin, <span class="bibl">Str.10.3.17</span>. (Aramaic [[sabbekhā]] (perhaps not Semitic), with [[m]] inserted, as in [[Ἀμβακούμ]] = <span class="title">Habakkuk.</span> etc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[σαμβυκίστρια]], <span class="bibl">Plb.5.37.10</span>; with pun on signf. ''ΙΙ'', <span class="bibl">Id.8.6.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[an engine of like form]] used in sieges, <span class="bibl">Id.8.4.8</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Bito 57.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>15</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.27.7</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>26</span>.—Cf. [[σάμβυξ]]. [Penult. long in [[sambūca]], <span class="bibl">Pers.5.95</span>.]</span>

|btext=ης (ἡ) :<br /><b>1</b> sambuque, <i>sorte de harpe triangulaire</i>;<br /><b>2</b> machine de siège flottante en forme de sambuque.<br />'''Étymologie:''' syr. sabkâ, avec insertion d'un m.