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‖ magadis Anc. Mus.|ˈmægədɪs| [Gr. µάγαδις.] An instrument with twenty strings, arranged in octaves. Also, the Lydian flageolet (Liddell & Scott).
1721A. Malcolm Treat. Mus. 473 The Psalterium, Trigon, Sambuca, Pectis, Magadis, Barbiton. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. v. 69 One Instrument they [the Ancients] used, which had two Strings to every Note..called the Magadis. 1864Engel Mus. Anc. Nat. v. 200 Of the Magadis it is even not satisfactorily ascertained whether it was a stringed or a wind instrument. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 79/1 Anacreon (540 b.c.) sang to the accompaniment of the magadis (doubling bridge), an instrument imported from Egypt to Greece. |