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μάγαδις

μάγαδις, the magadis

μᾰγᾰδ-ις, ἡ, gen. μαγάδιδος Ath. 14.634c; nom. pl. μαγάδιδες S. Fr. 238 (anap.) codd. Ath., Phillis ap. Ath. 14.636b; also, dat. μαγάδῑ prob. in X. An. 7.3.32, Anaxandr. 35; acc. μάγαδιν Alcm. 91, Anacr. 18, cf. Poll. 4.61 (-ῐν Diog.Ath. 1.10, ῑν dub. in Anacr. l.c.); nom. pl. μαγάδεις Hsch.:—
  • magadis, an instrument with twenty strings arranged in octaves, Lydian acc. to Ath. 14.634f, but ascribed to the Thracians by Canthar. 9, and derived from Thrac. pr. n. Μάγδις by Duris 28 J.; played with the finger, Aristox. Fr.Hist. 66; = πηκτίς, ibid., Menaechm. 4 J.
    • II a Lydian flute or flageolet, producing a high and a low note together, Ion Trag. 23 (cf. Aristarch. ap. Ath. 14.634d), Anaxandr. l.c., cf. Did. ap. Ath. 14.634e, Hsch. [μᾰ, but μᾱ- S. Fr. 238 (anap.), nisi leg. μᾰγαδῖδες.]

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