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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Σῦρῐγξ (Sûrinx).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sȳrinx f sg (genitive Sȳringos); third declension
- an Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed.
8 CE,
Ovid,
Metamorphoses 1.704–706:
- Ut sē mūtārent liquidās ōrasse sorōrēs,
Pānaque cum prēnsam sibi iam Sȳringa putāret
corpore prō nymphae calamōs tenuisse palūstrēs.- She prayed for transformation to her fluvial sisters
and just as Pan thought that he had captured Syrinx
instead of the nymph's body he held but swampy reeds.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
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