Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The fallopian tube.
- n. The eustachian tube.
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- n. Fallopian tube
- n. Eustachian tube
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Fallopian tube.
- n. A Eustachian tube, or syrinx.
- n. [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of lepidopterous insects.
- n. An ancient Greek military trumpet of metal having a straight, flaring tube. It was used for signals. Compare the Roman tuba (tuba, 4).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a tube in the uterus or the ear
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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An ancient music critic, Aristides Quintilianus, calls the salpinx “a warlike and terrifying instrument,” “masculine” and “vehement.”
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A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion.
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The salpinx ranged from two and a half to about five feet long: the salpinx was hardly handy, but it was certainly loud.
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A salpinx from fifth century B.C. Greece has been found: its cylinder consists of thirteen parts made of ivory, while its bell and mouthpiece are made of bronze.
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Homer compares the sound of the salpinx to the terrible cry of Achilles.
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The ancient trumpet, or salpinx, was a long, straight, narrow tube flaring into a small bell.
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He mispronounced quite common words: urticate, salpinx, bordereau.
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The Greek name for the Fallopian tube is salpinx (salpinx in Greek means tube).
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An imitation of this wooden torch was undoubtedly the torch-case made of clay or metal in the shape of a salpinx.
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The long-lost sounds of the epigonion, the salpinx and the kithara could be about to form the strangest musical group yet, thanks to the world's largest physics project.
luthien13 commented on the word salpinx
Pronounced \ˈsal(ˌ)piŋ(k)s\
July 17, 2017