σάλπιγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation like σῦρῐγξ (sûrĭnx) and φόρμῐγξ (phórmĭnx). As a word of Mediterranean culture, it remains without Indo-European connection. According to Beekes, the suffix is Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sál.piŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
Noun
σᾰ́λπῐγξ • (sắlpĭnx) f (genitive σᾰ́λπῐγγος); third declension
- (music) a war-trumpet
- synonym of σᾰ́λπῐσμᾰ (sắlpĭsmă)
- (zoology) the name of a bird
- Synonym: σᾰλπῐγκτής (sălpĭnktḗs)
- (astronomy) a kind of comet
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σᾰ́λπῐγξ hē sắlpĭnx |
τὼ σᾰ́λπῐγγε tṑ sắlpĭnge |
αἱ σᾰ́λπῐγγες hai sắlpĭnges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σᾰ́λπῐγγος tês sắlpĭngos |
τοῖν σᾰλπῐ́γγοιν toîn sălpĭ́ngoin |
τῶν σᾰλπῐ́γγων tôn sălpĭ́ngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σᾰ́λπῐγγῐ tēî sắlpĭngĭ |
τοῖν σᾰλπῐ́γγοιν toîn sălpĭ́ngoin |
ταῖς σᾰ́λπῐγξῐ / σᾰ́λπῐγξῐν taîs sắlpĭnxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σᾰ́λπῐγγᾰ tḕn sắlpĭngă |
τὼ σᾰ́λπῐγγε tṑ sắlpĭnge |
τᾱ̀ς σᾰ́λπῐγγᾰς tā̀s sắlpĭngăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰ́λπῐγξ sắlpĭnx |
σᾰ́λπῐγγε sắlpĭnge |
σᾰ́λπῐγγες sắlpĭnges | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓ργῠροσᾰ́λπῐγξ (ărgŭrosắlpĭnx)
- ἐρῐσᾰ́λπῐγξ (erĭsắlpĭnx)
- ἠρῐσᾰ́λπῐγξ (ērĭsắlpĭnx)
- ῐ̔εροσᾰλπῐγκτής (hĭerosălpĭnktḗs)
- ῐ̔εροσᾰλπῑκτής (hĭerosălpīktḗs)
- λῃστοσᾰλπῐγκτής (lēistosălpĭnktḗs)
- σᾰλπῐ́γγῐον (sălpĭ́ngĭon)
- σᾰλπῐγγοειδής (sălpĭngoeidḗs)
- σᾰλπῐγγολογχῠπηνᾰ́δης (sălpĭngolonkhŭpēnắdēs)
- σᾰλπῐγγοφᾰνής (sălpĭngophănḗs)
- σᾰλπῐγγώτη (sălpĭngṓtē)
- σᾰλπῐγγωτός (sălpĭngōtós)
- σᾰλπῐγκτήρ (sălpĭnktḗr)
- σᾰλπῐγκτής (sălpĭnktḗs)
- σᾰλπῐ́ζω (sălpĭ́zō)
- σᾰλπῑκτής (sălpīktḗs)
- χρῡσοσᾰ́λπῐγξ (khrūsosắlpĭnx)
Descendants
- → Greek: σάλπιγξ (sálpinx), σάλπιγγα (sálpinga)
- ⇒ New Latin: salpingopharyngeus
- → English: salpinx, salpingo-, salping-
References
- “σάλπιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σάλπιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “σάλπιγξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σάλπιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- σάλπιγξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “σάλπιγξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek σάλπιγξ (sálpinx).
Noun
σάλπιγξ • (sálpinx) f (plural σάλπιγξ)
- (formal, archaic, Katharevousa, military, music) war-trumpet, trump
- (formal, archaic, Katharevousa, military) trumpet-call
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σάλπιγξ (sálpinx) | σάλπιγγες (sálpinges) |
| genitive | σάλπιγγος (sálpingos) | σαλπίγγων (salpíngon) |
| accusative | σάλπιγγα (sálpinga) | σάλπιγγες (sálpinges) |
| vocative | σάλπιγξ (sálpinx) | σάλπιγγες (sálpinges) |
Further reading
- σάλπιγξ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el