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σῦριγξ

σῦριγξ, a pipe

σῦριγξ, ιγγος, ἡ,
  • shepherdʼs pipe, Panspipe, αὐλῶν συρίγγων τʼ ἐνοπή Il. 10.13; νομῆες τερπόμενοι σύριγξι 18.526; συρίγγων ἐνοπή h.Merc. 512; ὑπὸ λιγυρῶν συρίγγων ἵεσαν αὐδήν Hes. Sc. 278; οὐ μολπὰν σύριγγος ἔχων S. Ph. 213 (lyr.); καλαμίνη σ. Ar. Fr. 719; κατʼ ἀγροὺς τοῖς νομεῦσι σῦριγξ ἄν τις εἴη Pl. R. 399d.
      • 2 cat-call, whistle, hiss, as in theatres, Id. Lg. 700c; cf. συρίζω II.2, συριγμός:—the last part of the νόμος Πυθικός was called σύριγγες, prob. because it imitated the dying hisses of the serpent Pytho, Str. 9.3.10.
      • 3 mouthpiece of the αὐλός, Plu. Mus. 2.1138a, Suav. 1096b.
      • 4 quill of the cassia, Androm. ap. Gal. 14.73, Dsc. 1.13; cf. συριγγίς.
    • II anything like a pipe:
      • 1 spear-case, = δορατοθήκη, Il. 19.387.
      • 2 hole in the nave of a wheel, A. Th. 205 (lyr.), Supp. 181, S. El. 721, E. Hipp. 1234, Theoc. 24.120, etc.; cf. Suid.
      • 3 hollow part of a hinge, Parm. 1.19.
      • 4 Medic., in pl., pores or bronchial passages of the lungs, Arist. Resp. 478a13, 480b7, HA 496b3, 513b5; διʼ οὗ μεριεῖται τὸ πνεῦμα κατὰ τὰς ἀρτηρίας εἰς τὰς σ. Id. PA 664a28; of other ducts or channels in the body, λίφαιμοι σαρκῶν σύριγγες Emp. 100.2, cf. Max. 169; σύριγγες ἄνω φυσῶσι μέλαν μένος S. Aj. 1412 (anap.); of the trachea, Hp. Cord. 2; the liver-duct, ἡ σ. τοῦ ἥπατος Id. Mul. 1.78 (cf. θρίξ III); σ. αἱματόεσσα, of a vein, A.R. 4.1647; ἱερὰ σ. cavity of the spine, Poll. 2.180; passage through the elephantʼs trunk, Aret. SD 2.13.
      • 5 fistulous sore or abscess, Hp. Coac. 501, Plu. Adul. 2.60a, Gal. 6.244; ἐν τῷ γόνατι Artem. 1.47.
      • 6 σ. πτεροῦ, v. πτερόν I.1.
      • 7 groove or barrel of a catapult, Ph. Bel. 61.46, 62.40, Hero Bel. 100.5, Vitr. 10.10.3.
      • 8 subterranean passage, gallery, mine, Plb. 9.41.9, 21.28.6, Str. 3.2.9, al.; of the burial vaults of the Egyptian kings at Thebes, Ael. NA 6.43, Paus. 1.42.3, Baillet Inscr.des tombeaux des rois à Thèbes Nos. 13, 245, al.
      • 9 covered gallery or cloister, Callix. 1, Plb. 15.31.3; σύριγγας τῶν ὑσπλήγων δύο BCH 35.286 (Delos).
      • 10 channel for counterweight in automaton, Hero Aut. 2.8.
      • 11 perh. loop, J. AJ 3.7.5.

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