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σκινδαψός

σκινδαψός, a four-stringed musical instrument; a thingamajig; an ivy-like tree

σκινδαψ-ός, ὁ,
  • a four-stringed musical instrument, Anaxil. 15, Theopomp.Coloph. ap. Ath. 4.183a, cf. 14.636b.
      • 2 a word without meaning, a ‘what dʼye call it’, ‘so-and-so’, Artem. 4.2, S.E. M. 8.133, Gal. 7.348, Herm. in Phdr. p.180 A., St.Byz. s.v. Γαληψός:—in mock-heroic form, νοῦν δʼ εἶχεν ἐλάσσονα κινδαψοῖο Timo 38.
      • 3 = οἰκέτης, or name of an οἰκέτης, Gal. 8.662.
    • II an ivy-like tree, Clitarch. 17 J.
    • III κινδαψοί· ὄρνεα, καὶ ὄργανα κιθαριστήρια, καὶ Ἰνδοί, Hsch.

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