σάλπιγξ
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word σάλπιγξ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word σάλπιγξ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say σάλπιγξ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word σάλπιγξ you have here. The definition of the word σάλπιγξ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofσάλπιγξ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation like σῦρῐγξ (sûrinx) and φόρμῐγξ (phórminx). 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 • (sálpinx) f (genitive σᾰ́λπῐγγος); third declension
- (music) A war-trumpet.
- Synonym of σᾰ́λπῐσμᾰ (sálpisma).
- (zoology) The name of a bird.
- Synonym: σᾰλπῐγκτής (salpinktḗs)
- (astronomy) A kind of comet.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σᾰ́λπῐγξ hē sálpinx |
τὼ σᾰ́λπῐγγε tṑ sálpinge |
αἱ σᾰ́λπῐγγες hai sálpinges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σᾰ́λπῐγγος tês sálpingos |
τοῖν σᾰλπῐ́γγοιν toîn salpíngoin |
τῶν σᾰλπῐ́γγων tôn salpíngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σᾰ́λπῐγγῐ têi sálpingi |
τοῖν σᾰλπῐ́γγοιν toîn salpíngoin |
ταῖς σᾰ́λπῐγξῐ / σᾰ́λπῐγξῐν taîs sálpinxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σᾰ́λπῐγγᾰ tḕn sálpinga |
τὼ σᾰ́λπῐγγε tṑ sálpinge |
τᾱ̀ς σᾰ́λπῐγγᾰς tā̀s sálpingas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰ́λπῐγξ sálpinx |
σᾰ́λπῐγγε sálpinge |
σᾰ́λπῐγγες sálpinges | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- σᾰλπῐ́γγῐον (salpíngion)
- σᾰλπῐγγοειδής (salpingoeidḗs)
- σᾰλπῐγγολογχῠπηνᾰ́δαι (salpingolonkhupēnádai)
- σᾰλπῐγγωτός (salpingōtós)
- σᾰλπῐγκτής (salpinktḗs)
- σᾰλπῐ́ζω (salpízō)
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, 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
Declension of σάλπιγξ
Further reading
σάλπιγξ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
