- μάγαδις
- μάγαδις, -ιδος, -ινGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `string-instrument, ascribed to the Lydians, but also to the Thracians (Alcm., Anacr.); also name of a Lydian flute (Ion. Trag., Anaxandr.).Derivatives: μαγαδίζω 'play μάγαδις, imitate a μ., i.e. sing a succession of notes in octaves' (Theophil. Com., Arist.), cf. Schwyzer 736. Further μαγάς, -άδος f. `the bridge on a string-instrument' (Ptol., Philostr., H.) with μαγάδιον (pap. Ia, Ptol.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Lyd.Etymology: Foreign word from unknown, prob. Lydian source. Semitic hypothesis in Lewy Fremdw. 162 f. Fur. 122, 226 supposes that it stands for *μαγδις, comparing πηκτίς, also a Lydian string-instrument, with which it would be identical acc. to Aristox Fr. Hist. 66 and Menaichm. 4 J.Page in Frisk: 2,154
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.