The corpus record — Latin

sambuca

sambuca · f

A triangular stringed-instrument of a very sharp

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k

What it meant

sambūca — Lewis & Short

sambūca, ae, f., = sambu/kh.

I A triangular stringed-instrument of a very sharp, shrill tone (and hence of slight esteem), Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 57; Scipio Afric. ap. Mácr. S. 2, 10; Pers. 5, 95; Spart. Hadr. 26; cf. Fest. pp. 324 and 325 Müll.; Isid. 3, 20, 7; Vulg. Dan. 3, 5.—

II Transf., a machine of like form used by besiegers; a sort of bridge for storming walls, Veg. Mil. 4, 21; Vitr. 10, 22; cf. Fest. 1. c.

In the wild

sambucas Historia Augusta, De vita Hadriani 26
sambucam Persius, Saturae 5.95
sambucas Prudentius, Apotheosis 3.148
sambucas Plautus, Stichus 2.2

Where it came from

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