σύριγγα

Greek

Alternative forms

• (Katharevousa) σύριγξ (sýrinx)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”). The medical term is a reborrowing/semantic loan from French seringue (“syringe”)

Noun

σύριγγα • (sýringa) f (plural σύριγγες)

1. (medicine) syringe
2. (music) pan pipes, pan flute

Declension

declension of σύριγγα

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	σύριγγα •	σύριγγες •
genitive	σύριγγας •	συρίγγων •
accusative	σύριγγα •	σύριγγες •
vocative	σύριγγα •	σύριγγες •

Further reading

• Σύριγγα (μουσικό όργανο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el