σῦριγξ
ιγγος, ἡ
A.
shepherd's pipe, Panspipe, αὐλῶν συρίγγων τ’ 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; κατ’ ἀγροὺς τοῖς νομεῦσι σῦριγξ ἄν τις εἴη Pl. R. 399d.
2.
cat-call, whistle, hiss, as in theatres, Id. Lg. 700c; cf. συρίζω 11.2, 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. 2.1138a,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; δῑ 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 μελαν μένος S. Aj. 1412 (anap.); of the trachea, Hp. Cord. 2; the liver-duct, ἡ ς. τοῦ ἥπατος Id. Mul. 1.78 (cf. θρίξ 111); ς. αἱματόεσσα, of a vein, A.R. 4.1647; ἱερὰ ς. cavity of the spine, Poll. 2.180; passage through the elephant's trunk, Aret. SD 2.13.
5.
fistulous sore or abscess, Hp. Coac. 501, Plu. 2.60a, Gal. 6.244; ἐν τῷ γόνατι Artem. 1.47.
6.
ς. πτεροῦ, v. πτερόν 1.1.
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.