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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

  • πτεροφόροι νεάνιδεσ, παρθένοι Χθονὸσ κόραι Σειρῆνεσ, εἴθ’ ἐμοῖσ γόοισ μόλοιτ’ ἔχουσαι Λίβυν λωτὸν ἢ σύριγγασ ἢ φόρμιγγασ, αἰλίνοισ κακοῖσ τοῖσ ἐμοῖσι σύνοχα δάκρυα· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 11)
  • ὥσπερ οὖν εἴ τισ ἀνθρώπου φύματα καὶ σύριγγασ ἔχοντοσ; (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 17 19:1)
  • λάζεο τὰσ σύριγγασ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 66)
  • φημὶ γὰρ δὴ ὁμοιότατον αὐτὸν εἶναι τοῖσ σιληνοῖσ τούτοισ τοῖσ ἐν τοῖσ ἑρμογλυφείοισ καθημένοισ, οὕστινασ ἐργάζονται οἱ δημιουργοὶ σύριγγασ ἢ αὐλοὺσ ἔχοντασ, οἳ διχάδε διοιχθέντεσ φαίνονται ἔνδοθεν ἀγάλματα ἔχοντεσ θεῶν. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 472:3)
  • ἐν Θήβαισ ταῖσ Αἰγυπτίαισ, διαβᾶσι τὸν Νεῖλον πρὸσ τὰσ Σύριγγασ καλουμένασ, εἶδον ἔτι καθήμενον ἄγαλμα ἠχοῦν ‐ Μέμνονα ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ πολλοί, τοῦτον γάρ φασιν ἐξ Αἰθιοπίασ ὁρμηθῆναι ἐσ Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὴν ἄχρι Σούσων· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 42 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. pan pipes

  2. catcall

  3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎

  4. quill of the cassia

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