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1 σίφων
1 siphon, used for drawing wine out of the cask or jar, Hippon.56, PEleph.5.4 (iii B.C.);καμπύλος σ., τουτέστι σωλήν Hero Spir.1.1
.b drainage-tube for hydrocele, Gal.10.988.c pump, PLond.3.1177.129 (ii A.D.).2 fire-engine, Apollod.Poliorc. 174.5, Hsch.: generally, service-pipe for water in houses, Str.5.3.8.4 αἵματος ἀνδρῶν σίφωνες blood- suckers, i.e. mosquitoes, AP5.150 (Mel.).5 sens. obsc. for τὸ αἰδοῖον, E.Cyc. 439 (s.v.l.).6 = ῥυπαρὸς ἄνθρωπος, ἢ λίχνος, Hsch.7 εἶδος θηρίου μυρμηκοειδές, Id.8 ὄργανον σκόλοπι ὅμοιον, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς μαρσίππους ἐπισκοποῦσι, Id. (perh. = σιρομάστης 1). [[pron. full] ῑ in APl.c., Juv.6.310; but [pron. full] ῐ E. l.c. (s. v.l.).] -
2 σίφων
σίφων, - ωνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: 'tube, esp. for water hoisting, fire engine, fountain, wine siphon, siphon etc.' (Hippon., E., hell. a. late); also plant name = αἰγίλωψ (Ps.-Dsc.)Compounds: σιφωνο-λογία `weeding of σ.' (pap.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Technical word like ἄμβων, δόλων a. o. (Chantraine Form. 162). Prob. onomatop [?], s. Schwyzer KZ 58, 204f. with Slav. parallels. Not to Lat. tībia with Walde (s. W.-Hofmann s. v.). -- From σίφων (Solmsen Wortforsch. 46) σιφνεύς `mole' (prop. "digger of tubes"), prob. also σιφνός = κενός; influenced by it σιφλός in the late attested meaning `hollow'; an old variation ν: λ ( ἀγκών: ἀγκάλη) is improbable. Cf. σιφλός.Page in Frisk: 2,713Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σίφων
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3 πυρφόρος
πυρφόρ-ος (parox.), ον,A fire-bearing, esp. of lightning,π. κεραυνός Pi.N.10.71
, A.Th. 444, S.OC 1658; (lyr.);Διὸς ἔγχος Ar.Av. 1749
(lyr.);πυρφόρος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ Id.Th. 1050
(lyr.).b π. οἰστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them, so that they may set fire to woodwork, Th.2.75, Arr.An.2.21.3;τοῖς μὲν π... τοῖς δ' ἄλλοις βέλεσι D.S.20.96
; οἱ π. ibid.; πυρφόρα, τά, ib. 88; πυρφόρος, ὁ, engine for throwing fire, fire-dart, Plb.21.7.1 (dub.), Jul.Or.2.62d.II in special senses,1 epith. of several divinities, as of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, S.Ph. 1198 (anap.); of Demeter, prob. in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, E.Supp. 260; similarly π. θεαί of Demeter and Persephone, IG4.666.9 ([place name] Lerna), E.Ph. 687 (lyr.);π. Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας S.OT 206
(lyr.); Προμηθεὺς π. the Fire-bringer, title of a satyric play of A., cf.S.OC55; also of Capaneus, A.Th. 432, S.Ant. 135 (lyr.); of Eros, AP5.87 (Rufin.); but, θεὸς π. the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever, S.OT27.2 bearer of sacred fire in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. IG3.693; of the Syrian Goddess, Luc. Syr.D.42.b πυρφόρος, ὁ, in the Spartan army, the priest who kept the sacrificial fire, which was never allowed to go out, X.Lac.13.2: hence prov. of a total defeat,ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον.. περιγενέσθαι Hdt.8.6
, cf. D.C.39.45; οὐκ ἔσται π. (v.l. πυροφόρος)τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ LXX Ob.18
.3 π. ἡ ἐκ Δελφῶν bearer of sacred fire from Delphi, SIG 711 D 22 (ii B.C.), cf. 728I (i B.C.);Φοίβου πυρφόροι IG4.666.15
([place name] Lerna); also in a Bacchic thiasos, AJA37.253 (Latium, ii A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πυρφόρος
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4 βελοσφενδόνη
βελο-σφενδόνη, ἡ,A dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine, Plu.Sull.18.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > βελοσφενδόνη
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5 σκυταλίς
2 = σκυτάλιον 1.3, esp. as used by fishermen for drawing the net to land, Ael.NA12.43.3 = σκυτάλη 1.2, J.AJ3.6.3.4 = σκυτάλη 1.1, Aen.Tact.22.27, D.S. 8.27, etc.6 engine for hurling fire, Suid.7 finger-bone (cf. σκυτάλη v), J.AJ3.7.6, Poll.2.144, Sor.Fract.22, Gal.2.250; of the neck, σ. τοῦ αὐχένος dub.in Id.19.139.II = σκυτάλη 11, Gp.4.3.11: hence, withy, willow wand, Str.17.1.50.2 Dim. of , , cf. 55.2 a kind of caterpillar, EM 720.45.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σκυταλίς
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