a triangular musical instrument with four strings
a triangular musical instrument with four strings, Arist. Pol. 1341b1, Neanth. 5 J., Juba 73; of barbaric origin, Str. 10.3.17. (Aramaic sabbekhā (perh. not Semitic), with m inserted, as in Ἀμβακούμ = Habakkuk. etc.).
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= σαμβυκίστρια, Plb. 5.37.10; with pun on signf. II, Id. 8.6.6.
II an engine of like form
an engine of like form used in sieges, Id. 8.4.8, al., Bito 57.1, Plu. Marc. 15, Ath.Mech. 27.7, App. Mith. 26.—Cf. σάμβυξ. [Penult. long in sambūca, Pers. 5.95.]