Syrinx

• Sȳringa

From the Ancient Greek Σῦρῐγξ (Sûrinx).

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

Sȳrinx f sg (genitive Sȳringos); third declension

1. an Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)

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

• “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)