English
magadis
Magadis comes from Ancient Greek μάγαδις ‘kind of instrument with twenty strings…’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμάγαδιςmágadis‘kind of instrument with twenty strings arranged in octaves’
- Englishtodaymagadis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμάγαδιςmágadis‘kind of instrument with twenty strings arranged in octaves’
- Englishtodaymagadis
Linked words
through Ancient Greek πήγνῡμι ‘to fix, to stick’
Today it means
noun An Ancient Greek musical instrument of unknown nature, probably a stringed instrument similar to a psaltery or harp.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μάγαδις / magadis