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

 

• IPA^(key): /sál.piŋks/ → /ˈsal.piŋks/ → /ˈsal.piŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sál.piŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.piŋks/

Noun

σᾰ́λπῐγξ • (sắlpĭnx) f (genitive σᾰ́λπῐγγος); third declension

1. (music) A war-trumpet.
2. Synonym of σᾰ́λπῐσμᾰ (sắlpĭsmă).
3. (zoology) The name of a bird.

   Synonym: σᾰλπῐγκτής (sălpĭnktḗs)

4. (astronomy) A kind of comet.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σᾰ́λπῐγξ; τῆς σᾰ́λπῐγγος (Attic)

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 têi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰλπῐ́γγῐον (sălpĭ́ngĭon)
• σᾰλπῐγγοειδής (sălpĭngoeidḗs)
• σᾰλπῐγγολογχῠπηνᾰ́δαι (sălpĭngolonkhŭpēnắdai)
• σᾰλπῐγγωτός (sălpĭngōtós)
• σᾰλπῐγκτής (sălpĭnktḗs)
• σᾰλπῐ́ζω (sălpĭ́zō)

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.
  • bugle idem, page 103.
  • clarion idem, page 135.
  • horn idem, page 406.
  • trump idem, page 898.
  • trumpet idem, page 898.
• 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)

1. (formal, archaic, Katharevousa, military, music) war-trumpet, trump
2. (formal, archaic, Katharevousa, military) trumpet-call

Declension

Declension of σάλπιγξ

	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