σκινδαψός

A. a four-stringed musical instrument, Anaxil. 15, Theopomp.Coloph. ap. Ath. 4.183a, cf.14.636b.

2. a word without meaning, a 'what d'ye call it', 'so-and-so', Artem. 4.2, S.E. M. 8.133, Gal. 7.348, Herm. in Phdr. p.180 A., St.Byz. s.v. Γαληψός:—in mock-heroic form, νοῦν δ’ εἶχεν ἐλάσσονα