μάγαδις: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=<b class="b3">-ιδος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιν</b><br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">string-instrument, ascribed to the Lydians, but also to the Thracians</b> (Alcm., Anacr.); [[also name of a Lydian flute]] (Ion. Trag., Anaxandr.).<br />Derivatives: [[μαγαδίζω]] 'play [[μάγαδις]], imitate a [[μ]]., i.e. sing a succession of notes in octaves' (Theophil. Com., Arist.), cf. Schwyzer 736. Further [[μαγάς]], <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[the bridge on a string-instrument]] (Ptol., Philostr., H.) with [[μαγάδιον]] (pap. Ia, Ptol.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Lyd.<br />Etymology: Foreign word from unknown, prob. Lydian source. Semitic hypothesis in Lewy Fremdw. 162 f. Fur. 122, 226 supposes that it stands for <b class="b3">*μαγδις</b>, comparing [[πηκτίς]], also a Lydian string-instrument, with which it would be identical acc. to Aristox Fr. Hist. 66 and Menaichm. 4 J.