syrinx
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”),[1] from Pre-Greek. Doublet of syringe.
The plural form syringes is a learned borrowing from Latin sȳringes.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Singular:
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹɪŋks/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: sy‧rinx
- Plural (syringes):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiːz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiz/, /sə-/
- Hyphenation: sy‧ring‧es
Noun[edit]
syrinx (plural syrinxes or syringes)
- (music) A set of panpipes.
- 1982, John Fowles, Mantissa:
- Actually, to cut a long story short, he began...well, playing with a rather different sort of pipe. Or syrinx, as we called it. He obviously thought he was alone.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 247:
- Inside, somebody was playing a duet on syrinx and lyre.
- (by extension)
- (archaeology, Egyptology) Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers.
- (neurology, pathology) Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord.
- (ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.
- Synonym: lower larynx
- 1999, Irene M. Pepperberg, The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots, published 2002, page 293:
- The role of the syrinx in psittacine sound production is still under examination, and probably differs from that of songbirds.
- 2007, Gisela Kaplan, Tawny Frogmouth, page 121:
- The primary sound-producing organ in a bird is the syrinx and the secondary system aiding sound production consists of the larynx, mouth, tongue and laryngeal muscles.
- 2010, Peter Simmons, David Young, Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour, 3rd edition, page 247:
- The organ responsible for producing sounds during song is the syrinx, located where the trachea joins the bronchi of the two lungs (Fig. 9.14).
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- syringometaplasia
- (neurology): syringobulbia, syringomyelia
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ “syrinx, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “syrinx, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
- syrinx (bird anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- syrinx (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- syrinx (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syrinx f (plural syrinxen or syringes)
- (ornithology) syrinx (voice organ in birds)
- (medicine) syrinx (fluid-filled neuroglial cavity)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syrinx (rare)
- Alternative spelling of syrinks
Declension[edit]
Inflection of syrinx (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | syrinx | syrinxit | ||
genitive | syrinxin | syrinxien | ||
partitive | syrinxiä | syrinxejä | ||
illative | syrinxiin | syrinxeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | syrinx | syrinxit | ||
accusative | nom. | syrinx | syrinxit | |
gen. | syrinxin | |||
genitive | syrinxin | syrinxien | ||
partitive | syrinxiä | syrinxejä | ||
inessive | syrinxissä | syrinxeissä | ||
elative | syrinxistä | syrinxeistä | ||
illative | syrinxiin | syrinxeihin | ||
adessive | syrinxillä | syrinxeillä | ||
ablative | syrinxiltä | syrinxeiltä | ||
allative | syrinxille | syrinxeille | ||
essive | syrinxinä | syrinxeinä | ||
translative | syrinxiksi | syrinxeiksi | ||
abessive | syrinxittä | syrinxeittä | ||
instructive | — | syrinxein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek σῦρῐγξ (sûrinx).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsyː.rinks/, [ˈs̠yːrɪŋks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.rinks/, [ˈsiːriŋks]
- Homophone: Sȳrinx
Noun[edit]
sȳrinx f (genitive sȳringos); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sȳrinx | sȳringes |
Genitive | sȳringos | sȳringum |
Dative | sȳringī | sȳringibus |
Accusative | sȳringa | sȳringas |
Ablative | sȳringe | sȳringibus |
Vocative | sȳrinx | sȳringes |
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Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: xeringa, → siringa
- French: seringue
- → English: syringe
- Italian: siringa
- Portuguese: siringe, siringa, seringa
- Spanish: siringe
- Translingual: Syringa
References[edit]
- 1 sȳrinx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,535/1”
- “syrinx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “syrinx”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “syrinx”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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