σάλπιγξ

ιγγος, ἡ
A. war-trumpet, ὅτε τ’ ἴαχε σάλπιγξ Il. 18.219; ς. ἡ ἱερά Artem. 1.56, cf. Lyd. Mens. 4.73:—on various σάλπιγγες, v. Poll. 4.85 sq., Sch.Il. l.c.:—ς. Τυρσηνική A. Eu. 568, E. Ph. 1378, Heracl. 831; ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, S. El. 711, cf. Ar. Ach. 1001; also ἀπὸ ς. X. Eq.Mag. 3.12, Plb. 4.13.1.
2. metaph., Πιερικὰ ς., of Pindar, AP 7.34 (Antip. Sid.); οὐρανίη ς. thunder, Tryph. 327, Nonn. D. 2.558.
II. = σάλπισμα, ap.Arist. Rh. 1408a9.
III. ς. θαλασσία, = στρόμβος 2, Archil. 192; cf. σάλπη.
IV. name of a bird, Hsch. (perh. = σαλπιγκτής 2).
V. a kind of comet, Ptol. Tetr. 90.
VI. epith. of Athena at Argos, Lyc. 915,986, Paus. 2.21.3.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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