trumpeter
trumpeter, Th. 6.69, X. An. 4.3.29, Ascl. Tact. 2.9, 6.3, etc.; this spelling has the best MS. authority and occurs in Phld. Rh. 2.299 S., but has not been found in Att. Inscrr.; σαλπικτής, SIG 153.68 (Delos, iv B.C.), IG 3.1288, POxy. 519.16 (ii A.D.), etc.; Boeot. σαλπικτάς IG 7.1773 (Thespiae, ii A.D.), σαλπιγκτάς ib. 3195 (Orchom., i B.C.); later σαλπιστής, ib. 9(2).525.4 (Thessaly, ii B.C.), 3.1285 (Attica, i A.D.), 7.3196 (Orchom. Boeot.), Sammelb. 4591.3, etc.; also in Plb. 1.45.13, D.H.
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= ὄρνις ὁμοίως σάλπιγγι φθεγγόμενος, Phot.; = ὀρχίλος, Hsch.