σῦριγξ

See also: σύριγξ

Ancient Greek

The γγ implies a Pre-Greek origin because of non-native pronunciation.[1]

σῦρῐγξ • (sûrinx) f (genitive σῡ́ρῐγγος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ σῦρῐγξ; τῆς σῡ́ρῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῦρῐγξ hē sûrinx	τὼ σῡ́ρῐγγε tṑ sū́ringe	αἱ σῡ́ρῐγγες hai sū́ringes
Genitive	τῆς σῡ́ρῐγγος tês sū́ringos	τοῖν σῡρῐ́γγοιν toîn sūríngoin	τῶν σῡρῐ́γγων tôn sūríngōn
Dative	τῇ σῡ́ρῐγγῐ têi sū́ringi	τοῖν σῡρῐ́γγοιν toîn sūríngoin	ταῖς σῡ́ρῐγξῐ / σῡ́ρῐγξῐν taîs sū́rinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῡ́ρῐγγᾰ tḕn sū́ringa	τὼ σῡ́ρῐγγε tṑ sū́ringe	τᾱ̀ς σῡ́ρῐγγᾰς tā̀s sū́ringas
Vocative	σῦρῐγξ sûrinx	σῡ́ρῐγγε sū́ringe	σῡ́ρῐγγες sū́ringes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: σύριγγα f (sýringa, “pan pipes”)
Katharevousa: σύριγξ f (sýrinx, “pan pipes”)
→ Latin: sȳrinx
- Catalan: xeringa, → siringa
- French: seringue
  - → English: syringe
- Italian: siringa
- Portuguese: siringe, siringa, seringa
- Spanish: siringe
- Translingual: Syringa
→ Old Armenian: սրինգ (sring)
→ Sanskrit: सुरङ्ग (suraṅga)
- → Bengali: সুড়ঙ্গ (śuṛoṅgo) (semi-learned)
→ Translingual: Syringa

“σῦριγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σῦριγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σῦριγξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- axle idem, page 57.
- flute idem, page 330.
- hiss idem, page 401.
- nave idem, page 552.
- pipe idem, page 614.
- reed idem, page 684.

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῦρῐγξ, -ιγγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1423-4

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