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σῦριγξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῦριγξ σύριγγος

Structure: συριγγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. pan pipes
  2. catcall, whistle, hiss
  3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎(aulós, “pipe, flute”)
  4. quill of the cassia
  5. anything pipe shaped

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "τούτων δ’ ἐκτὸσ περίστυλοσ ἐπεποίητο σῦριγξ ταῖσ τρισὶ πλευραῖσ καμαρωτὴν ἔχουσα στέγην, ἐν ᾗ τὴν τῶν κατακειμένων ἀκολουθίαν ἑστάναι συνέβαινεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:77)
  • "παρέκειτο δὲ τῷ συμποσίῳ τούτῳ καὶ κοιτὼν ἑπτάκλινοσ ᾧ συνῆπτο στενὴ σῦριγξ, κατὰ πλάτοσ τοῦ κύτουσ χωρίζουσα τὴν γυναικωνῖτιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3730)
  • ἐν δὲ Φρουροῖσ τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα Ἰδαῖον εἴρηκε σύριγγα διὰ τούτων ῥοθεῖ δέ τοι σῦριγξ Ἰδαῖοσ ἀλέκτωρ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 84 4:2)
  • ὑπαὶ δέ οἱ ἔσκε τένοντοσ σύριγξ αἱματόεσσα κατὰ σφυρόν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 26:24)
  • φεῦ φεῦ βασεῦνται καὶ ταὶ βόεσ ὦ τάλαν Αἴγων εἰσ Αἴδαν, ὅκα καὶ τὺ κακᾶσ ἠράσσαο νίκασ, χἁ σῦριγξ εὐρῶτι παλύνεται, ἅν ποκ’ ἐπάξα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 26)

Synonyms

  1. pan pipes

  2. catcall

  3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎

  4. quill of the cassia

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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