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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σῦριγξ σύριγγε σύριγγες
Genitive σύριγγος συρίγγοιν συρίγγων
Dative σύριγγι συρίγγοιν σύριγξιν*
Accusative σύριγγα σύριγγε σύριγγας
Vocative σύριγξ σύριγγε σύριγγες

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

  • ἐχρῶντο δὲ καὶ αὐλοῖσ καὶ σύριγξιν οἱ ἡρ́ωεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 281)
  • αὐτίκα Τηλεφάνησ ὁ Μεγαρικὸσ οὕτωσ ἐπολέμησε ταῖσ σύριγξιν, ὥστε τοὺσ αὐλοποιοὺσ οὐδ’ ἐπιθεῖναι πώποτ’ εἰάσεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ αὐλούσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ Πυθικοῦ ἀγῶνοσ μάλιστα διὰ ταῦτ’ ἀπέστη. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 21 3:1)
  • ὁρῶμεν γὰρ ὅτι καὶ μουσικῇ πολλὰ, κηλεῖται τῶν ἀλόγων, ὥσπερ ἔλαφοι σύριγξιν, ἵπποισ δὲ μιγνυμέναισ ἐπαυλεῖται νόμοσ, ὃν ἱππόθορον ὀνομάζουσιν ὁ δὲ Πίνδαρόσ φησι κεκινῆσθαι πρὸσ ᾠδήν ἁλίου δελφῖνοσ ὑπόκρισιν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 7:5)

Synonyms

  1. pan pipes

  2. catcall

  3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎

  4. quill of the cassia

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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