σαμβύκ-η [ῡ], ἡ,
a triangular musical instrument with four strings, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341b1, 3rd c.BC: Neanthes Historicus 5 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+], Juba 73; of barbaric origin, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.3.17 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]. (Aramaic sabbekhā (perhaps not Semitic), with m inserted, as in Ἀμβακούμ = [[ “Habakkuk.” etc.). ] Refs]
__2 ={σαμβυκίστρια}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.37.10 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; with pun on signification [[ 11, [prev. author] 8.6.6. ] Refs]
__II an engine of like form used in sieges, [[ [prev. author] 8.4.8, +others, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Bito Mechanicus 57.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 15, 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 27.7, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 26.] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —Cf. σάμβυξ. [Penult. long in sambūca, [[ 4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus 5.95.] ] Refs 4th c.AD+]