Μαγάς

bridge

Translated by David Whitehead25 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 36 words
A raised square board, receiving into itself the strings of the kithara, and producing a sound.1
The kabale2 of the kithara and the lyre, the [part] supporting the strings.
It is also a part for [?]winding-round.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαγάς· σανὶς τετράγωνος ὑπόκυφος, δεχομένη ἐφ' ἑαυτὴν τὰς τῆς κιθάρας νευράς, καὶ ἀποτελοῦσα φθόγγον. ἡ τῆς κιθάρας καβάλη καὶ τῆς λύρας, ἡ τὰς νευρὰς βαστάζουσα. ἔστι δὲ καὶ εἱλητικὸν μόριον.

Betacode
*maga/s: sani\s tetra/gwnos u(po/kufos, dexome/nh e)f' e(auth\n ta\s th=s kiqa/ras neura/s, kai\ a)potelou=sa fqo/ggon. h( th=s kiqa/ras kaba/lh kai\ th=s lu/ras, h( ta\s neura\s basta/zousa. e)/sti de\ kai\ ei(lhtiko\n mo/rion.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword is also attested as a diminutive, maga/dion. See generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 61. For the kithara and lyre, see kappa 1590, lambda 850.
  2. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu6 Theodoridis. ↩
  3. 2A term (overlooked by LSJ) attested only here. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Feb 2021
  1. tweaked tr; cosmeticule — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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