σύριγγα

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”). The medical term is a reborrowing/semantic loan from French seringue (“syringe”)

Noun

σύριγγα • (sýringa) f (plural σύριγγες)

  1. (medicine) syringe
  2. (music) pan pipes, pan flute

Declension

Declension of σύριγγα
singular plural
nominative σύριγγα (sýringa) σύριγγες (sýringes)
genitive σύριγγας (sýringas) συρίγγων (syríngon)
accusative σύριγγα (sýringa) σύριγγες (sýringes)
vocative σύριγγα (sýringa) σύριγγες (sýringes)

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