Syrinx

See also: syrinx

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sȳringa

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Σῦρῐγξ (Sûrinx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsyː.rinks/, [ˈs̠yːrɪŋks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rinks/, [ˈsiːriŋks]
• Homophone: sȳrinx

Proper noun

Sȳrinx f sg (genitive Sȳringos); third declension

1. an Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed.
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.704–706:

     Ut sē mūtārent liquidās ōrasse sorōrēs,
     Pānaque cum prēnsam sibi iam Sȳringa putāret
     corpore prō nymphae calamōs tenuisse palūstrēs.

     She prayed for transformation to her fluvial sisters
     and just as Pan thought that he had captured Syrinx
     instead of the nymph's body he held but swampy reeds.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sȳrinx
Genitive	Sȳringos
Dative	Sȳringī
Accusative	Sȳringa
Ablative	Sȳringe
Vocative	Sȳrinx

References

• “Sȳrinx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Sȳrinx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,535/1”
• “Sȳrinx” on page 1,896/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)