syringes

English

Etymology 1

See syringe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭ-rĭnʹjĭz, IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪndʒɪz/

Noun

syringes

1. plural of syringe

Etymology 2

See syrinx.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭ-rĭnʹjēz, IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪndʒiːz/

Noun

syringes

1. plural of syrinx

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syːˈrin.ɡes/, [s̠yːˈrɪŋɡɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈrin.d͡ʒes/, [siˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒes]

Etymology 1

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Noun

sȳringes f pl (genitive sȳringum); third declension

1. caverns or subterranean passages

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	sȳringes
Genitive	sȳringum
Dative	sȳringibus
Accusative	sȳringas
Ablative	sȳringibus
Vocative	sȳringes

References

• “sȳringes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sȳringes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,535/1”

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of sȳrinx.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) sȳringes f

1. nominative plural of sȳrinx
2. vocative plural of sȳrinx