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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

  • ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκοσ, ἔδεισ’ ἀκού‐ σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον, ὅτε τε σύριγγεσ ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι, ἱππικῶν τ’ ἀπύαν πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 11)
  • σύριγγεσ οὐ σιγῶσιν ἀξονήλατοι· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 1:2)
  • ἔτι γὰρ θερμαὶ σύριγγεσ ἄνω φυσῶσι μέλαν μένοσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests6)
  • Αἰπολικαὶ σύριγγεσ, ἐν οὔρεσι μηκέτι Δάφνιν φωνεῖτ’, αἰγιβάτῃ Πανὶ χαριζόμεναι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1281)
  • Σύριγγεσ γίνονται μὲν ὑπὸ φλασμάτων καὶ φυμάτων, γίνονται δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ ἐρεσίησ, καὶ ἱππασίησ, ὅταν ἀθροισθῇ ἐν τῷ γλουτῷ αἶμα πλησίον τῆσ ἕδρησ‧ σηπόμενον γὰρ νέμεται ἐσ τὰ μαλθακὰ, ἅτε ὑγροῦ ἐόντοσ τοῦ τε ἀρχοῦ, καὶ τῆσ σαρκὸσ μαλθακῆσ, ἐν ᾗ νέμεται, ἔστ’ ἂν τὸ φῦμα Ῥήξῃ καὶ κάτω ἐσ τὸν ἀρχὸν διασήψῃ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 1.1)

Synonyms

  1. pan pipes

  2. catcall

  3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎

  4. quill of the cassia

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