σίφων

ωνος, ὁ
A. tube, pipe, Aen.Tact. 18.10, Anon.Lond. 26.51; καλάμινος ς. Dsc. Eup. 2.35; esp.,
1. siphon, used for drawing wine out of the cask or jar, Hippon. 56, PEleph. 5.4 (iii B.C.); καμπύλος ς., τουτέστι σωλήν Hero Spir. 1.1.
b. drainage-tube for hydrocele, Gal. 10.988.
c. pump, PLond. 3.1177.129 (ii A.D.).
2. fire-engine, Apollod. Poliorc. 174.5, Hsch.: generally, service-pipe for water in houses, Str. 5.3.8.
3. water-spout, Olymp. in Mete. 13.15, Sch.Arat. 785.
4. αἵματος ἀνδρῶν σίφωνες blood-suckers, i.e. mosquitoes, AP 5.150 (Mel.).
5. sens. obsc. for τὸ αἰδοῖον, E. Cyc. 439 (s.v.l.).
6. = ῥυπαρὸς ἄνθρωπος, ἢ λίχνος, Hsch.
7. εἶδος θηρίου μυρμηκοειδές, Id.
8. ὄργανον σκόλοπι ὅμοιον, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς μαρσίππους ἐπισκοποῦσι, Id. (perh. = σιρομάστης 1). [ι in APl.c., Juv. 6.310; but ι E. l.c. (s. v.l.).]
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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