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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

  • ἕτερον δὲ τεράστιον ἄνθρωπον, τράγῳ τὰ νέρθεν ἐοικότα,’ κομήτην τὰ σκέλη, κέρατα ἔχοντα, βαθυπώγωνα, ὀργίλον καὶ θυμικόν, θατέρᾳ μὲν σύριγγα φέροντα, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ ῥάβδον καμπύλην ἐπηρμένον καὶ περισκιρτῶντα ὅλον τὸ στρατόπεδον, καὶ τὰ γύναια δὲ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ σείειν ἠνεμωμένασ τὰσ κόμασ, ὁπότε προσίοι, καὶ βοᾶν εὐοῖ· (Lucian, (no name) 2:4)
  • τότε οὖν ἐγὼ τὴν σύριγγα λαβών, ἀποβεβλήκει γὰρ αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ δέουσ ‐ ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὁ διαιτητὴσ οὑτοσὶ πλησίον, ὥστε προσείπωμεν αὐτόν. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 6:5)
  • ἔνθεν ἔχων σύριγγα κατ’ ἤθεα καλὰ νομήων Πανὶ καὶ Ἑρμάωνι φίλην ἀνεβάλλετο μολπήν· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 157)
  • μὴ πρότερον ἀπέλθῃσ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, πρὶν εἰπεῖν ὅστισ οὗτοσ ὁ προσιών ἐστιν, ὁ κερασφόροσ, ὁ τὴν σύριγγα, ὁ λάσιοσ ἐκ τοῖν σκελοῖν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 9:4)
  • ὁ δὲ ὀρχηστὴσ τὰ πάντα ἔχει συλλαβών, καὶ ἔνεστιν ποικίλην καὶ παμμιγῆ τὴν παρασκευὴν αὐτοῦ ἰδεῖν, αὐλόν, σύριγγα, ποδῶν κτύπον, κυμβάλου ψόφον, ὑποκριτοῦ εὐφωνίαν, ᾀδόντων ὁμοφωνίαν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 68:1)

Synonyms

  1. pan pipes

  2. catcall

  3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎

  4. quill of the cassia

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