sambuke

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  1. An ancient musical instrument, probably a large harp, used in Asia and introduced into Italy by the Romans. The name has been applied to various stringed instruments, such as a lyre, a dulcimer, and a triangular harp, or trigon. Stabler and Barrett. And whatsoever ye judge, this I am sure, that lutes, harps, all manner of pipes, barbitons. sambukes, with other instruments every one, which standeth by fine and quick fingering, be condemned of Aristotle, as not to be brought in and used among them which study for learning and virtue. Ascham, Toxophilus (ed. 1864), p. 26.

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  1. from Latin sambuca, from Greek σαμβύκη, from Syrian sabkâ, Hebrew sabeka, a stringed musical instrument.
 

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