σῦριγξ

See also: σύριγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The γγ implies a Pre-Greek origin because of non-native pronunciation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sŷː.riŋks/ → /ˈsy.riŋks/ → /ˈsi.riŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sŷː.riŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.riŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.riŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.riŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.riŋks/

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

Third declension of ἡ σῦρῐγξ; τῆς σῡ́ρῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῦρῐγξ hē sûrinx	τὼ σῡ́ρῐγγε tṑ sū́ringe	αἱ σῡ́ρῐγγες hai sū́ringes
Genitive	τῆς σῡ́ρῐγγος tês sū́ringos	τοῖν σῡρῐ́γγοιν toîn sūríngoin	τῶν σῡρῐ́γγων tôn sūríngōn
Dative	τῇ σῡ́ρῐγγῐ têi sū́ringi	τοῖν σῡρῐ́γγοιν toîn sūríngoin	ταῖς σῡ́ρῐγξῐ / σῡ́ρῐγξῐν taîs sū́rinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῡ́ρῐγγᾰ tḕn sū́ringa	τὼ σῡ́ρῐγγε tṑ sū́ringe	τᾱ̀ς σῡ́ρῐγγᾰς tā̀s sū́ringas
Vocative	σῦρῐγξ sûrinx	σῡ́ρῐγγε sū́ringe	σῡ́ρῐγγες sū́ringes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (spear-case): δορατοθήκη (doratothḗkē)

Descendants

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

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

• → Latin: sȳrinx
  • Catalan: xeringa, → siringa
  • French: seringue
    • → English: syringe
  • Italian: siringa
  • Portuguese: siringe, siringa, seringa
  • Spanish: siringe
  • Translingual: Syringa
• → Old Armenian: սրինգ (sring)
• → Sanskrit: सुरङ्ग (suraṅga)
  • → Bengali: সুড়ঙ্গ (śuṛoṅgo) (semi-learned)
• → Translingual: Syringa

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^[1], 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 684.