Syrinx

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Syrinx A taxonomic genus within the family Turbinellidae – certain large sea snails with gill and operculum. == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek Σῦρῐγξ (Sûrĭnx). === Proper noun === Syrinx (Greek mythology) An Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Sȳringa (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῦρῐγξ (Sûrĭnx). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsyː.rɪŋks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.riŋks] Homophone: sȳrinx === Proper noun === Sȳrinx f sg (genitive Sȳringis or Sȳringos); third declension (Greek mythology) Syrinx (an Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Syrinx → French: (unadapted borrowing) Syrinx Italian: Siringe Middle French: SyringeFrench: Syringe === 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)