Ancient Greek

Noun

σῦρῐγξ • ‎(sûrinx) f ‎(genitive σῡ́ρῐγγος); third declension

1. pan pipes
2. catcall, whistle, hiss
3. mouthpiece of an αὐλός ‎(aulós, “pipe, flute”)
4. quill of the cassia
5. anything pipe shaped
   1. spear-case
   2. hole in the nave of a wheel
   3. aperture of a hinge
   4. (medicine, in the plural) bronchial passages
   5. fistulous sore, abscess
   6. groove or barrel of a catapult
   7. subterranean passage, mine
   8. covered gallery, cloister
   9. channel
   10. loop

Declension

Synonyms

• (spear-case): δορατοθήκη ‎(doratothḗkē)

Descendants

• English: syringe
• Greek: σύριγγα f ‎(sýringa, “pan pipes”)

  Katharevousa: σύριγξ f ‎(sýrinx, “pan pipes”)

• Latin: sȳrinx
  • Portuguese: siringe, siringa, seringa

References

• σῦριγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σῦριγξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «σῦριγξ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • axle idem, page 57.
  • flute idem, page 330.
  • hiss idem, page 401.
  • nave idem, page 552.
  • pipe idem, page 614.
  • reed idem, page 683.