σῦριγξ
See also: σύριγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sŷː.riŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsy.riŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.riŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.riŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.riŋks/
Noun
σῦρῐγξ • (sûrinx) f (genitive σῡ́ρῐγγος); third declension
- pan pipes
- catcall, whistle, hiss
- mouthpiece of an αὐλός (aulós, “pipe, flute”)
- quill of the cassia
- anything pipe shaped
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῦρῐγξ hē sûrinx |
τὼ σῡ́ρῐγγε tṑ sū́ringe |
αἱ σῡ́ρῐγγες hai sū́ringes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῡ́ρῐγγος tês sū́ringos |
τοῖν σῡρῐ́γγοιν toîn sūríngoin |
τῶν σῡρῐ́γγων tôn sūríngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῡ́ρῐγγῐ têi sū́ringi |
τοῖν σῡρῐ́γγοιν toîn sūríngoin |
ταῖς σῡ́ρῐγξῐ / σῡ́ρῐγξῐν taîs sū́rinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῡ́ρῐγγᾰ tḕn sū́ringa |
τὼ σῡ́ρῐγγε tṑ sū́ringe |
τᾱ̀ς σῡ́ρῐγγᾰς tā̀s sū́ringas | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῦρῐγξ sûrinx |
σῡ́ρῐγγε sū́ringe |
σῡ́ρῐγγες sū́ringes | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (spear-case): δορατοθήκη (doratothḗkē)
Descendants
- English: syringe
- Greek: σύριγγα f (sýringa, “pan pipes”)
- Katharevousa: σύριγξ f (sýrinx, “pan pipes”)
- Latin: sȳrinx
- Translingual: Syringa
References
- “σῦριγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σῦριγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σῦριγξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.